Category: Life
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5 Years with My Lady Liberty
In September 2018, my wife and I spent 10 days in New York City, on vacation. Visiting the Big Apple was a dream that dates back to the day I saw Home Alone 2 as a kid! The highlight of our trip was visiting Statue of Liberty, at Liberty Island on the Hudson River (in…
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2020 So Far
The other day, I saw this tweet, which said that 16% of 2020 is over: It blew my mind. Part of me still believes that January 1, 2020 was just yesterday. As I write this, we’re on the last day of February 2020, and 16% of the year is over. Time (or your perception of…
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Flower Ruins
Not too long ago, the flowers you see in this picture were beautiful and glorious. They blossomed from tiny buds to pretty, glorious flowers; and reached the pinnacle of their beauty. Everyone used to stare lovingly at them. Girls wanted all of them to adorn their beautiful hair. Guys wanted to pick these flowers and…
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Elementary, My Dear (Joan) Watson
My wife and I are currently binging on Elementary (courtesy, Netflix). I’m enjoying the series – perhaps a tad more than the other famous adaptation of Sherlock in the 21st century. The show’s highlight is that it’s set in NYC and has a female, Asian-American (!!) Joan Watson (Lucy Liu aces it in the role).…
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Child-Free By Choice
My wife and I made one of the biggest decisions in our life, on the sixth month of our marriage. We decided that we are not having (human) babies. Like, never. This was not a decision that was born out of a whim. We gave it a lot of thought, we weighed our options, we…
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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish…
2017 – What a year it was! Twenty Seventeen was quite a special year for me. I got the opportunity to travel a lot, to write quite a bit, and to spend more time with my family (which grew by two numbers – thanks to Ikru & Boo, our kittens – nay, our babies!) Archana…
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Meeting An Old Friend
Earlier today, I met an old friend from school – Govind. I honestly can't remember when we met last. Was it in 2015, for the wedding of a mutual friend? Or, did we get a chance to meet in 2014, before Govind enrolled for his MS Program in one of the top US Universities? He…
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My First Job: A Memory With A Watermark
Most of us have ghosts from the past. I have my own share of skeletons in the closet – memories I'd rather delete from my mind, than let them pop up at the most inopportune of times. One among them, is my first 'job' (if I can even call it a job that is). Thanks…
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When Shakespeare Teaches You French!
Yesterday, Shakespeare told me in French, that he's writing a book, through Duolingo. Subtle.
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Travel: Life-Changing Experience, or Overrated Indulgence?
Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. The first time I came across this quote from the renowned Moroccan Scholar – Ibn Batuta, my instantaneous response was negative. Not because I consider the words of one of the greatest traveling scholars that ever lived, to be sacrilege. My reaction to this quote, had more to…
Hari Shanker R 