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Apart from my perfect world reasoning, I have figured out another reason to register for and run races. Change of scenery. Simple. Every day running in the same neighborhood, hunting for a new route to trod under your weathered running shoes starts to become a challenge. Within a couple of years once you start running.…
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These days I find myself making a lot of decisions of choosing between reacting or responding to a situation. I was surprised to find out, after so many years of trying to teach myself, that my default setting still is ‘choosing to react’. Since it is easier to react, makes life harder. And I used to…
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I joined the smart phone bandwagon pretty late. So-oh late that by the time I was on whatsapp everyone in my life, was already tired/bored of it and was seeking out ways to replace it with something else. But I guess that’s the ruse they used on me to finally get me on board. Like…
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Growing up in Nagpur, after father’s (baba) office on Fridays going to watch Amitabh Bachchan movies at a nearby theater was our definition of family outings. Baba is an AB fan. I also get my movies love from him. Watching movies was never considered as a frivolous thing in my household. Of course my book…
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I am wary of cliches. I love some of them, but some of them I really really dont like. And for some I have not made up my mind yet. ‘The world is small’ is one of those such things, which happens to other people. I always marvel at stories told by people around me…
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I no longer forget the year has changed. I have been putting the correct date on paper wherever required since Jan 1st. Although I am sure this is not a 30 effect. Its more of a becoming a person who is present here and now. The level of annoyance I used to experience when younger…
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That sometimes has been my problem.Specially when I am in some other country. Other place.I am there and I cannot completely be there.13 days into this trip, I am already missing my food, my people, my friends.Its like parts of me are missing.And they show up at random street corners here, during my daily run…
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Today I got my self worth evaluated by a girl who thought I was too average looking or not smart enough to be styled by a celebrity.I am known as a nice person among friends and colleagues (family will doubt that, because they get to experience my occasional outbursts). I am an educated, strong, empowered person.So…
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Travelling to Kashmir has been one of my childhood dreams. It came true in an unexpected fashion last week.After the quite epic and never ending #anshitanukulkishaadi in Jammu, we headed to Kashmir. The wedding and kashmir culture merits a super long post of its own. And I think the beauty of kashmir and its description…
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You start packing your stuff. You stumble across stuff you never knew existed. You label boxes. Make a note to use things that you still don’t want to throw away. You throw away some stuff willingly. With some stuff, you are just reluctant to let go. For eg. the beautiful glass bottles you collected to…