Question 1

What will it cost?

Accepted Answer

Expect 22,000 to 25,000 rupees for the 48 hours, stay and all food included. It is a working band, not a final number. DEAD AIR, the ten hour day, runs 4,000 to 8,000 rupees with food included. The list sees the confirmed price first, and it will be the lowest it ever is.

Question 2

When and where is the first one?

Accepted Answer

A Saturday between October and December 2026. It is not fixed yet. We are starting in Ahmedabad. You tell us your city when you apply, and that is what decides the order. Dates reach the list at least three weeks ahead so you can clear them.

Question 3

Does everyone who applies get in?

Accepted Answer

No. The list is open, the room is not. We read every application on five things: curiosity outside your own field, agency in what you have built or changed, willingness to question the default, follow-through once you decide on a change, and whether you make the room better for everyone else. Applying is free, holds no seat and takes no payment.

Question 4

What is actually asked of me?

Accepted Answer

Two nights with your phone sealed, and then one change from the re-entry plan held for seven days. That is the whole ask. If you will not do the follow-through, the format will not hold and this is not the right room.

Question 5

What is the 48 hour offline retreat?

Accepted Answer

Two nights off grid with phones sealed the whole time. You arrive, your phone is sealed in front of you, and you get it back at Hour 48 with an attention score and a written re-entry plan. The ten hour day, DEAD AIR, is the shorter version of the same thing if you cannot clear a weekend.

Question 6

Is there a shorter version?

Accepted Answer

Yes. DEAD AIR is a ten hour offline day: phones sealed at Hour 0, returned at Hour 10 with a score and a seven day plan. It costs 4,000 to 8,000 rupees, opens first, runs in the same cities, and feeds the same list as the retreat.

Question 7

Where is it held, and who runs it?

Accepted Answer

even hand runs both formats in India, starting in Ahmedabad. Other cities follow once the list asks for them. The exact date and venue go to the list first.

Question 8

Do I have to give up my phone for the whole time?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Phones are sealed at the start and returned at the end. If you are on call for something genuinely unmovable, this cohort is not the right one for you.

Question 9

Who is this for?

Accepted Answer

People who run something and are reachable most of the day. Founders, operators, creators and clinicians who have already tried fixing their attention alone and found it did not hold.

Question 10

What happens after I apply, and when do I pay?

Accepted Answer

Nothing is charged when you apply. When dates open you get a short fit call, and you only pay once both sides agree it is the right room. If it is not the right fit, we say so and point you to the writing instead.

Question 11

What do I get before dates are set?

Accepted Answer

Your attention score with the two habits driving it, a seven day plan by email, and the hour three read on what happens when you sit through the restlessness. When dates open you get the price before it goes public and first pick of date and city, for either format.

Question 12

What do I actually do instead of the phone?

Accepted Answer

Real things, with other people, on a fixed date: a dinner, a day out of the city, a challenge you would not set yourself. The phone loses when the alternative is genuinely more interesting, not when an app scolds you. We also keep a free list of things to do in India, sorted by time, cost and travel.

Question 13

Is this a dopamine detox?

Accepted Answer

No. Dopamine detox is a shorthand people use for abstaining from stimulation. even hand is not abstinence for its own sake. It is a controlled offline period with a start, a finish line, and a score at the end.

Question 14

Why does even hand say attention cannot be captured back?

Accepted Answer

Because capturing attention is somebody else's business model. Feeds, notifications, autoplay and streaks are funded and tested to hold you one more minute, and now a tool finishes your sentences too. Nobody is paid to help you keep your own attention. Keeping your own attention beats capturing anyone else's, and that is the whole position: a fixed offline period, a score at the end, one rule you keep.

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