Tag: Thoughts

  • A Memory Linked to a Smell

    A Memory Linked to a Smell

    Do I have a memory that’s linked to a smell? Of course! And so many of them too! The one that really hits me is this particular smell of one of my wife’s perfumes. She used it while we were in Berlin in 2016. I forget the brand and the flavour, but I remember it being…

  • The Chore I find most challenging to do

    Today’s Bloganuary prompt is: What chore do you find the most challenging to do? I have a very simple prompt as my answer. Every single chore in my life is challenging for me to do, period. I hate chores, I hate them with a vengeance. If there is an alternate universe where I can NOT do…

  • How do I define success?

    Success is my only m****rf*****g option, failure’s not! Eminem, Lose Yourself Oooh, this is a good prompt! Defining success, huh? Okay, I’m going to say something controversial here – success is a trap! There, I have said it. We talk a lot about successes. We write evocative essays, books, and even make movies out of…

  • A memorable gift that I had received

    Today’s Bloganuary prompt is a tough one! A memorable gift, huh? I had to put on my thinking hat for that one. I have been lucky enough to get a lot of gifts over the few decades of my existence in this planet – from family members, friends, relatives, coworkers, even random folks. It is…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • What Brings Joy in my life?

    I love today’s Bloganuary prompt for the simple reason that it sparks joy in me. 🙂 The prompt comes at an opportune time in my life, when I’m trying to find the beauty in the simple things around me. This year, I’m trying to discover myself and to do so, I’m trying to really appreciate…

  • How am I changing the World?

    If you’ve been following my work for a while, you would have noticed that I keep talking about my dream of “making the world and the web a better place.” I picked up the latter part of that goal from Automattic’s mission. As our lives are going increasingly online (and as we are talking more…

  • My favorite quote

    As I have written in this blog before, I am a die-hard fan of Malayalam film actor Prithviraj Sukumaran. To recap, my fandom started when I actually interviewed the actor in my past job as a Freelance Journalist/Stringer for The Hindu. I was totally blown away by the man, his personality, his character, and his…

  • A superpower I’d love to have

    Fresh from watching Minnal Murali on Netflix (for the 10th time?), I’m going to answer super speed and strength with the power to levitate things! I kid. On a more serious note, I would wish for a superbrain as a super power. Like the ability to have a brain that works like a computer. I…