Life as it comes
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 […]
It was the grand hall and poetry recitation competition was on. I was called upon when it was the Red House turn. Standing in front of the full school strength, I had to recite the fast-paced poem that I practiced for the past three days. I had never been good at learning by heart, but […]
The front wheel was a foot above the ground, the clutch released, engine revving up, acceleration just enough to keep the it running. The wheel came down in a thud as I managed to balance it and off we zoomed away. No, this is not Ethan Hunt stuff. A few seconds ago, I had just […]
I was about 7, when my Dad bought me a pocket diary. The tiny book, with dated pages seemed out of this world. The brown sleeve that covered the tiny book, looked like an executive notepad. It was my prized possession. Every day, I would scribble some notes, and hide it underneath the rest of […]
A Research Assistant at the Department of Entomology. Nothing would have prepared me for that. A couple of decades ago, I landed in the US as a Computer Science student. If you had asked me about data structures, computer networks or microprocessors I would have indulged a little, algorithms would work too; if you really […]
Outskirts of Warangal; my friend said it’s close by. We were relaxing after a 4-hour drive to the city of the Kakatiyas. It was a short trip with just a day and a half to spend. We wanted it to be a relaxing drive; didn’t want to hurry, and would only visit as much as […]
Some of my fondest memories with my Thatha, my maternal grandfather, were the morning walks that we did during summers. With him, there was not much talk, we just walked. He immersed himself into another world on those quiet walks; spoke intermittently, gave me directions until we passed through the urban parts of the town, […]
On one of those scenic drives to the Smokies, me and my wife stopped by at Pigeon Forge. I wanted to try bungee jumping. In my late twenties I thought, if not now, when? Without a care in the world, I paid for my token, and climbed up all the way to the top of […]