New Hobby New Me?

A friend of mine will vouch for this wholeheartedly; since my move to Mumbai in April of this year, I have been going on and on about building communities and finding one's people. This can come in various forms yet the easiest is to find people who share a public hobby. As someone who grew …

Another Year in Review: Another Note of Thanks

From Spotify Wrap to Instagram Year End template, "My year in review" is everywhere. So here's the Thank You for being you version of this from me in blog format. 😊 2022 has been a year of changes, growing, unlearning and a much deeper understanding of who I currently am, and who I wish to …

Music: My oldest best friend

Today for me my best friends are the people in whose company I find comfort, who make me think and ponder on ideas, whose words allow me insight into what could potentially be on my own mind as I listen to them, who give me honest and real inputs on my life and who care …

Reclaim

As 2021 dawns today it is easier than normal to look back at 2020 with a sense of slight detachment. The year was different than what anyone could have expected or hoped from it. This meant none of us have come out of it unchanged. Many thoughts that have been in the mind since March …

Changing Understandings

As a teenager and a young adult, I used to frown at the idea that we change a lot over time. To my naive mind we did not change as people. I could see no major changes from one day to another so no major changes could have happened at all, right? I know better …

“Completing” the other?

Romantic movies wish for us to believe that there is one person out there who is our other half; someone who will complete us intellectually, emotionally, and physiologically. They want us to wait for this soulmate and this person shall be our salvation. We can and should find someone for ourselves who is an intellectual …

My spot in Pune

Yesterday I visited this quaint place in Pune. A mere 15 minutes away from the campus, it is a place I can truly imagine myself spending many a days at. Named Pagdandi, this place is perfect to settle down with a cup of tea, some light snack or just an ice tea and read to …

Understanding myself

I recently talked (here) of the new journey that I have embarked on. I also believe how I've made two great friends and am settling in. As time passes, I slowly gravitate to carving a new comfort zone for myself in this initially alien place. I have had a little time in the past few …

A new journey thus begins

Life, was comfortable at Noida with a job. There however, comes a time, when being in the comfort zone just isn't enough. A time, when one needs to let go of what's known and safe and start walking a road where the destination is uncertain. One such journey I have begun in June. A journey …

A fauji brat’s reply to Mr. Chetan Bhagat

Respected Mr. Bhagat, Till date, even though I am a Fauji brat and also I have visited Jantar Mantar more than twice during the OROP Rally, I do not feel that I have earned the qualification to write on OROP. The only people who can comment on OROP, "with the head" as you like to …