Category: Social

• May 4, 2025

  Gen X, Gen Z And, Gen Alpha

  

  “Let me show you what I made…” Laddu’s voice trails off as she extends her phone to me. A video, less than a minute long plays. I am impressed with the little one’s editing skills and I say so. “So, can I have my YT channel please?” Her eyebrows go up and down as she…
• September 27, 2010

  Re-ordering priorities

  Standing by my bed under yellow light bulbs, my feet were killing me. It was a long day. Folding a million tiny pieces, I longed to wave a magic wand so everything would be done and I could rest my weary feet. Except I couldn’t find my magic wand or conjure up my pixie. Sighing,…
• July 6, 2009

  Freedom of choice – Why is it murky?

  Over the past week when I was stuck in an inspiration less phase, plenty of thoughts buzzed around my head. A few came from current happenings, a few from personal experiences and observations. My friend Arch wrote to ask what I thought of the Delhi High Court ruling that decriminalizes homosexuality. I thought it was…
• March 28, 2009

  A surprising evening!

  Returning from a Veda class K is part of every Thursday when I am away learning business, he casually mentioned a Satyanarayan Puja at one of his classmate’s place. Weary of pujas and trying to express my new found skepticism for anything to do with religion and faith I paused before I asked if he…
• December 31, 2008

  Leaving the past behind

  I woke up this morning with a curious mixture of anticipation and sadness. New Year’s Eve is a day for introspection. A day to leaf through the months past, to keep the good memories and throw away the bad ones. Learn from the past and apply it to the future. This year for me will be…
• October 8, 2008

  Being Brown. Being Connected.

  

  Madhuram and Shy both had linked back to the murder-suicide in LA by an Indian American man. I resisted writing about it because I was still processing it in my mind. On the afternoon of Oct 6th, Sepia Mutiny wrote about this tragedy. For someone who reads most of the posts on there, I skipped…