Life as it comes
As the sun went down, coloring the sky orange and pink, shadows grew long across the fields by the highway. Arjun held the driving wheel firmly, focused on the road in front of him. The quiet sound of the engine, which was once calming, now made the pain in his chest feel worse. Aarav slept […]
Driving along the I-40, into the Cherokee National forest, and snaking alongside the Pigeon river, we ran into familiar sightings. Another tryst with the Great Smoky Mountains! As the road signs showed Gatlinburg, we looked at each other and smiled – for the umpteenth time we were back in our regular retreat, only this time, […]
Last month, I mustered some courage to post on my (almost latent) social handle. Its called Instagram, and unless you are from another planet, chances are you’ve heard of it. It was a big deal. To start with, I didn’t quite understand the difference between a reel and a post. And I imagine there are […]
One fine day, my maternal uncle threw a surprise I could not have imagined. A collection of pristine postage stamps, affixed inside the pages of a blank notebook. The pages were filled with stamps of all shapes and sizes – squares, rectangles, hexagons, and even triangles! There were domestic ones – only the rarest, and […]
The walls of the corridor had portraits of national leaders, the maps of the state of Telangana and the country map of India. It was filled with National Anthem, the National Song, and more. The paint was wearing off slightly, but it seemed to hold everything together. The corridor was laid with rough stones that […]
I tried reading from my PC, my smart phone. I tried the Kindle. I’ve been building software applications for over 20 years, but it took me some time to warm up to e-reading. Last month, after some effort, I finally finished reading an entire book in its digital format! How is it different from reading […]
In Software design, a Big Ball of Mud is usually referred to a system that is incomprehensible, designed without any standards, lacks proper structure, and hard to maintain. However, these are not what we are talking about today. Interestingly, some Big Balls of Mud (literally and figuratively), carry precious stories with them. A couple of […]
I started indulging in some seventh grade math lately. It helped me in two ways, firstly, I started re-learning and it rekindled my love for Geometry. I felt like the clock had turned backward as I discussed the language of a seventh grader. Secondly, and more importantly, my buddy started sharing interesting anecdotes from his […]
He could survive. No, he cannot. May be there is a herb that saves him! But who else could take his place? As I was maneuvering through the traffic around AMB Cinemas, my son along with his buddies had bigger things to worry about. Are we on time, uncle? Yes, dear, we’ll make it. Supposedly, […]
The boy had a lump in his throat. As parents prepared him for school, the lump grew heavier. No one seemed to notice the three-year old’s moist eyes. Just as the driver arrived, he let out a loud cry. As the commotion grew, the neighbors knew it was school time. As a last resort, he […]