Category: Personal

  • With love… From Mumbai!

    Random collection of notes from Mumbai. ## I love the fact that the city is always abuzz with activity. Be it the middle of the night, you will still find people on streets. Autos and taxis are not as difficult to get. A lot of food joints are open till very late. ## I love…

  • The year that was…

    So I thought that I would do a customary year end review of the year that passed by in, what seemed, like a flash! Professionally it was a mixed one. I was selected for a conference and I could not attend it due to visa issues. I took a sabbatical to complete the MBA. A…

  • Quarter life crisis

    Term 2 at ISB got over yesterday. While walking back to my room, a friend remarked that everything was flying past so fast that she was afraid. Out of sheer (false in hindsight) sense of bravado, I remarked that she shouldn’t be afraid, and that it was expected. I don’t know how convinced she was,…

  • I will be there for you…

    Listen to this. This is all TK said before he made me listen to “Tere Bin Nai Lagda Dil Mera Dholna” (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan). And, almost immediately, my mind was transported back in time. It was Oasis of 2004 and Euphoria was playing during Prof show. Those were very sentimental times. Your last sem…

  • To tea or not to tea

    I must confess that I am tea addict. And ever since I have come to Hyd, I had not had a good cup of tea. You see, Hyd believes in this concept of over boiled and extremely sugary syrup that they like to call the “Irani chai”. Having lived in one of the best tea…