Even if he didn’t like to admit it, he wasn’t exactly sure what he was doing standing in line with the other kids, dressed in a bright red T shirt and fairly tight black cycling shorts. The other kids around him were the usual sort; filled with disinterest, cracking paltry jokes and agreeably waiting on[…]
I am driven by fear. It can be of the irrational kind, emotional or sometimes raw unadulterated fear that leaves me in a state of stupendous shock. And when it hits me, I cannot wait to overcome it or have it dissipate. Yet, strangely just as soon as I return to a state of predictable[…]
I had long romanticized the lack of an agenda when it came to vacations. I cannot blame the lack of opportunities since I traveled a fair bit in my last country. But every time it came down to the execution of the vacation plan, I would start frantically looking for my notebook and the closest[…]
How do I turn down the turn down service? I am now considering maintaining an open topic list for all the little nagging things that are still remaining to be done. Moving in to the new apartment in Germany has brought along countless tasks that are now in desperate need of prioritization and execution. At[…]
Step right on through “Welcome to Dilli”, her eyes said,Mischievously, as if she knew what awaitedBetween the large footpath equipped roadsAnd the magical small world heritage lanes As I flew in, the ostentatious cliche held true,There was more perfume than cabin pressure,As if a flying steel tube transported a wedding party,To a city that had[…]
As the months and years stack up I realize that it is harder to determine when was the last time I did something for the first time and actually considered it worthwhile beyond an insignificant statistic. So when a chance came by for me to go sailing I decided to jump on it right away.[…]
I am hovering between feelings of astonishment, admiration and despair. A young adult, about the same age as me, has an idea for a website. Launches the site and within a few years he find himself and his website priced at $6 billion dollars by Google. Meanwhile, I worked a five years and after going[…]
Home in white As soon as I stepped out of the plane in Detroit, the crystalline coldness of the Michigan winter swept right over my body. And in a startling twist of expected reactions, the bitter winter weather seemed rather comforting. The familiarity of the coldness was strangely welcoming. As if to say, welcome home.[…]
2010 was the year of the Lotus. And in essence, that summarizes all of it. But that robs me of my usual wandering renderings. So perhaps, I will just go on for a bit. Any year that quenches a dream that began since I was sixteen and one that needed me to save for over[…]
I am done hearing about the virtues of moderation. As far as I am concerned, moderation is a lukewarm, stoic and an introverted cousin of being entirely forgettable. I have been practicing it religiously all this while with paltry consequences at best. It’s the mantra of being a vegetable. I really have myself to blame.[…]