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On Losing Someone You Loved with All Your Heart
On July 27th, 2023, I lost my father in law – Mohanan Nair, to cancer. I am not new to death, I have seen many loved ones bid goodbye to this cruel world. I am still recovering from the back-to-back deaths of two of our cats – Boo and Kiku, a couple of years back.…
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On A Rainy Day
The lovely little city of Thiruvananthapuram is used to rains. On that fateful Thursday morning in late October, the city saw a downpour, catching everyone by surprise. As a commuter in a crowded KSRTC bus, the rains caught me by surprise too – I was not prepared for it. I had embarked on an important…
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To Follow Your Heart (Or not?)
Today, I saw this amazing article in my Facebook feed, thanks to my friend Madhatter: The article talks about how Tumblr inspired an entire generation of folks to code. I’m a fairly recent Tumblr adopter, but I have a very similar story with WordPress. I started blogging for fun with WordPress, and figuring out ways…
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Reflecting on a Sabbatical
I just completed three months of sabbatical at Automattic and rejoined work last week. It’s been one of the best life experiences I have ever had and it changed my life, my perspectives, and even me, as a person! The very day I joined Automattic, six years ago on a warm summer morning, I read…
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Life, living, expectations, and social media
I saw this tweet the other day, and it left me thinking, because of the simple fact that I’ve been a victim of this EXACT situation. When I was 23, I felt that I had failed in life. My friends and loved ones seemed to agree. I had barely scraped through college. My bank balance…
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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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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…
Hari Shanker R 