Life as it comes
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 […]
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 […]
How do we arrive at the amount of centrifugal force needed to keep a body vertically on the top? Any guesses? Our revered professor threw a challenge, as the packed class immersed into his reasoning in rapt attention. You could hear a pin drop from a distance. It was the first year at the university, […]
Uppentha? (What amount of salt?) Thaginantha… (As much as appropriate…) Just as I was putting in some finishing touches on the curry today, I asked about the amount of salt that I should add. And the response was that I should go with my gut! When an expert provides all the directions, and then lets […]
“What is Freedom”, asked our teacher. It felt like a silly question at the time, but we answered it anyway. Someone said it was “the freedom to do what pleases you, without boundaries”. Another added, “…without hurting others”. So our collective definition was about doing anything without boundaries, without hurting others. We were pretty content […]