*Not the cold you feel when the temperature is low, but the lung condition that causes my nose to bleed water.When life gives you cold and incessant sneezing which causes you to take a break from all screens, this is what you do:

One more long haul flight. Few more weeks of asking the household maid to keep watering the plants every day. Few more weeks of living out of hotel bed, missing hearty home cooked meals and freedom to lay around the house like a dead rock.C and I are in an unusual relationship. It did not…

Life in India exposes one to a lot of underprivileged and poor people/animals (mostly stray). I see a lot of them on my way to work everyday. A stray dog huddled by the corner of a street. Trying to protect itself from the chill in the air because of the rains. A poor man eating…

This. To take care of seemingly crappy days. To be watched over and over again. To be humbled. So powerful. ~Fangirl

Primo Levi Brainpickings presents these gems in the most unexpected ways. P.S. I have been meaning to read ‘Moments of reprieve’ but have never been able to get my hands on a good copy.

With the everlasting struggle to call physical spaces home, I realized how at ease I feel at home (my parents’s logically) when the first thing I do upon reaching is re-arrange the showcase in living room, alter the layout of sofa cushions, ask random questions about stuff in kitchen, magnets on the refrigerator door, shoot…

I remember talking about home. During 2008-2010 I remember looking at the Chicago Sun times building and thinking I can never be far away from it. That was a weird phase of my life. Where unlearning and learning constantly somehow became a norm.Thank you Roger Ebert*. For someone who did not have the remotest clue…

Amusing experiences at the gym continue. (oh and ‘why I joined a gym’ story sometime later! going to be very long-winded). On my workout appointment with the trainer he literally said ‘what abs will you do. There is nothing.’ Of course I agreed. There is ‘literally’ no extra fat. So I am thin. #eureka. Thanks…

I know if I tell you aloo paratha (roti stuffed with spiced mashed potatoes) is one of my comfort foods, after kadhi-khichadi, you will roll your eyes at me. But it is. Because I can conjure up those in less than 30 minutes. Ok more than that depending on how many potatoes are getting boiled.…