I imagine my mother a little pensive. Her son, the younger one cannot make it home this year. For the New Year’s and for his birthday and for her… She will wonder why she agreed to let me go two years ago. She will think all the food she had to cook if her son[…]
My four undergrad years of mechanical engineering at Pune’s premier institute, College of Engineering (Pune) were far from technically intensive. As I spent countless hours cooking in the heat of my dorm room and feeding myself on what Martians dare call food in my cafeteria, I often pondered, on the merits of engineering. Today, in[…]
A recent Friday was spent in the city of Pittsburgh. It’s unusually hilly for this part of the United States. When looking for parking, I found myself entering a tunnel that took me through a mountain on the other side. I can’t recall the last time I visited a new city without getting this lost.[…]
She will be rear wheel drive with on demand front wheel traction when faced with slippery conditions. The engine will be mounted at rear, but unlike a tail happy Porsche, I will ask the Praveen to mount it as close to the driver’s back. The engine will be light and will incorporate peak at 7000[…]
“There is no pain you are recedingA distant ship, smoke on the horizon.You are only coming through in waves.Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.When I was a child I had a feverMy hands felt just like two balloons.Now I’ve got that feeling once againI can’t explain, you would not understandThis is[…]
I am amazed by how different my front end feels after new brakes and new tires. He has spent a good lot on me and I better spice up my act. I am struggling with a constant velocity boot tear but I must hold on and not bicker till he is in a better financial[…]
I have been tagged by Nupur to write a 55 word story. Here is my shot at nothingness. “I don’t love you any more”, Jennifer said calmly. David was stunned. In all these years, he never worried about the six-speed transmission. But now, every time he down-shifted he heard a definitive thud. Could it be[…]
Sometimes having all your friends in the same raft is fun. As you can see above, we are all smiles! But as we hit the next rapids, we realised that teamwork was everything. Please click on the link and download the file named “Rafting_ gone wrong.wmv” to see 9 fully grown adults thrown out of[…]
And what do we have to show?The countless times when I stared at youOr the kisses you offered and the ones I gatheredThe infinite time we held hands and headsAnd the occasions we made out and the ones we struck outThe T shirts and the gap jerseysA letter on white and 8.5 dollarsA book not[…]
The football (American) soared way off target and landed on my car as I was getting the groceries out. While it could have been an honest mistake by the thrower, it also seemed very likely to be done on purpose as he had missed his intended receiver by quite lot. I walked over to the[…]