Today was a day of unexpected wonder. Started the gloomy Saturday with my usual rooftop ritual. It was my last day of solitude, as Ma was landing this evening. I met my colleague Chuta at the hotel and we went to MBK mall. After about 30 minutes with her I realised one way to easily […]
September 6th, 2018 Something about Bangkok feels familiar. You’d ask me why I decided to move to a city that I’ve never been to before. From what I understand, the normal process is to visit a place, fall in love, then decide to move. It’s never quite been that way for me. Most of the […]
September 4th, 1145am (flight to BKK via NRT departs in 2hrs) I’m extremely moody. Despite the worst of the stress ending last night around 730pm, I lay in bed, wide awake, tossing and turning till 5am. With just 3hrs of sleep under my belt, I got cleaned up and head to the airport. I was […]
September 2nd 11.38pm (the night before the tenants move in) Tenants will be here at 10am tomorrow. I hand over the keys and… the end. Or rather “The Beginning.” The last 36 hours have been insane with packing Jani, driving two- hours to Amherst, unpacking Jani in her new dorm room… driving two-hours back, alone, […]
August 31st, 11:17pm (2 days before the new tenants move in) The new tenants are moving in on Monday…How does my room still look like this??? I have to figure out what I’m bringing to Bangkok in the first round. And then what I’m bringing to Bangkok in the second round. And finally what I’m […]
It all started with… well, it all started someplace else, but I’m going to skip all the tumult, confusion, discomfort, and just tell you that I eventually decided to move to Bangkok. I’ve been blessed my whole life with a kind of good fortune. Most of the time I feel this “good fortune” as a […]
My dearest most darling Namali, I’ve started to write about you so many times over the course of our friendship. The words would come, but nothing was ever quite good enough. But tonight, high and hallucinating on an allergic reaction to cough syrup, I am finding the inspiration to write about you. You’ve been alive […]
My dearest most darling Namali, I’ve started to write about you so many times over the course of our friendship. The words would come, but nothing was ever quite good enough. But tonight, high and hallucinating on an allergic reaction to cough syrup, I am finding the inspiration to write about you. You’ve been alive […]
Everything is growing. Multiplying. Replicating. Increasing, increasing. Insulting. More of ourselves, is that what the world needs? Have you looked in the mirror lately? Ugly. The world deserves better. Advertisements
September 1, 2017 Last night in the midst of a cousin’s 30th Birthday party, in a spectacular leap to be a part of the banter Achchi proclaimed that Seeya was younger than her. The stories that were unveiled as the night went on were fascinating; Murder, may ham, the antics of a grandfather I never […]
Hello Friends, I am reaching out on behalf of my family, on behalf of my community and country to help the people affected by the terrible floods in Sri Lanka. Heavy monsoon rains devastated the south and south-western part of Sri Lanka, with an estimated 199 dead, and more people missing. Massive flooding, and subsequent […]
Life is unpredictable, beautiful, fluorescent. And this life is not meant to be lived within the confines of social norms, and rules and requirements. We are alive! We’re meant to jump into mistakes with our whole hearts and minds. Playing it safe never became a story. Since I turned 29 (less than a week ago […]
If there ever was a writing place, it is Gangtey, Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan. The drive is brutal, especially so because the roads are being widened and repaved, which means we are essentially driving on dirt roads, inhaling exhaust and dust. But having crossed over the Lawala pass, 11500ft, and start your way down catching glimpses […]
Your love feels like a constant warm glow that surrounds me, and fills me with a profound sense of well-being; like being encircled by a magic spell, where nothing bad can ever touch me. Walking alongside you, if I fall behind, even for a fraction of a second, you are aware. You turn around, you […]
I found time to play my ukulele. I found time to learn a new song song. I also found the time to make a bungled recording (I should have practiced longer- but I’m impatient to share, and not shy enough to mind) of me singing this song. Please don’t mind the mediocre cover. In this […]
September 30th, 2015 I’m so completely and utterly terrified of “ordinary-ness.” If you’ve had the good(?) fortune of reading my stories then you will know that every encounter is a fairytale, every event is monumental, every decision is a fork in the road. I live my life like the main character in the modern epic. […]
Of course I did Costa Rica differently. Although, I can’t actually say I’ve done Costa Rica at all. Spent most of my 5 nights in San Jose, leaving the hotel at 8am to our corporate office, and then heading back to the hotel at 6-7pm after a full day of meetings and work; most nights […]
Sometimes the world (read:work) is a little too much. This is an attempt to write from around 230am on night in May 2016. I don’t have words. I see things that would inspire words, but try as I might, search as I must, I cannot find my words. Sometimes, I hear them, like whispers in […]
This is a trip down memory lane- a scattered memory from December 31st, 2015: I hesitated today, and I might have missed the chance to say what I’ve been thinking. For days I thought about how I would say it, and even though you’ve proved time and time again I can say what I want […]