As that small car started to go up in the air, I could feel my thirteen year old heart beating in my mouth. Closing my eyes was as scary as letting them stay open. The giant rotating wheel was now rotating on its axle and then each car attached to the wheel was rotating on … More Would you get on that ride?
Hey! How are you? What’s up? How is it going? Hi there! How are you doing? Every time I got into an Uber, the cabby would ask me that question. Pleasantries like they say. I would smile, share that I am visiting from India and that it was my first time in Minneapolis. They would … More How are you?
There are people who we know from others. They are not friends but friends of friends. Though we do not get a chance to connect with these people, we feel we know them. Someone I ‘knew’ recently left our world for his last travel. He was my age. Young, if I may say so. He … More Life, death and in between
Solo traveling. The world is talking about it and more women than men are exploring it. There are blogs and travel stories describing a walk in the mountains or quaint cafes overlooking snow-capped mountains. Of unexplored locations, JOMO (joy of missing out) and where English is a foreign language. There are personal stories and lessons … More The solo traveler I am not
She made me smile that evening. I wasn’t expecting her and it would have been okay if she hadn’t showed up. She is honest and regular and I have never had a doubt on her work. To add to that, some times I tell her to take a day off if she wants. I also … More She made me smile
Writing letters and expressing my love for our friendship came easily to me. She was my friend ever since I came into this world. We had a lot of connections between us. Some destined and some planned. I had heard her name a hundred times even before we met at the age of seventeen. We … More I am sorry for what I did not say
This is how I walked into the ocean that afternoon. Smiling, ready and prepared to dive. Scuba diving is not something you get to do on every trip and thinking of that, I had convinced myself that I’ll give it a try. I had read a bit online, spoken to a few friends who had … More A dive to remember
For as long as I can remember, I have been a tea lover. When I was a student waking up at 3am in the morning to study or now before heading to yoga, I need my cup of ginger tea. When the rest of the household is fast asleep, my tea cooks as I water … More My mysterious relationship with coffee
Ever since I left home as a seventeen-year-old, I knew I will not live in a city for over four years. From one city to the other, I kept moving until I reached Bangalore and made it my current home a decade ago. This city has been mine and I belong here. However, I must … More Home is where the heart is
Last night it was hard to fall asleep. After the day off on Monday and having a doing-nothing sort of long weekend, all I wanted was a good night sleep. On my mind was the yoga class the next morning and a start to the work week. But it was not easy. We hit the … More That birthday and a late night party
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