Who I am
There are Gram-Panchayats in villages with a population between 500-10,000 people said my 8th standard Civics textbook. Next to it was a photo of people sitting under …
1 ‘No More’ at a time
I made a resolution at the start of this year that is safe to be revealed now because I still remember it and I have stuck to …
Family
Let me tell you how my Rakshabandhan is different from your Rakshabandhan. I am the eldest one of all my cousins. So, at Rakshabandhan I tie rakhis …
Ownership
My mother saw a photo of me “with hair cut uneven as if rats ate it” and in a fit of pure rage called me to tell …
Pune Graffitti
A few months ago I went to old Pune to eat all the old Pune street food and you all saw it. Then I went there to …
Baby achievements
Last week today was a small-achievements-day and as small-achievement-days go I didn’t have time to write about it. I met someone I last saw 12 years ago, …
Meal for 1
This is one more of my ‘meal for 1’ stories. But the feels on this one are radically different from the earlier one. I wasn’t scared and …
This is a humankind appreciation post
My commute time has increased a lot since I joined the office. So I get a lot of time to think while I drive and wait at …
Baap baap hota hai
I don’t know what it is about fathers that the universe granted them usable wisdom and the power of narration. My wisdom goes like “2 molecules of …
Becoming me
The day I first came to see the house I live in now, I ate food at a cafe downstairs. I had the fish. It made me …