Random musings, personal thoughts and much more

  Time is a fluid concept – this has been well established in countless writings. How a person experiences it makes all the difference. It has been two years since the day I came back to India for good from the US. And almost four years since I first started living there. Life has happened since then, and I am a different person than the one sitting in front of her laptop 4 years ago. I am here today to take a walk down memory lane. Come walk with me…. It is never about the city that you live in; it is always about how it makes you feel. My journey began in Chennai, and for a long time, I couldn’t accept Nagpur as my home. Both these cities offered fewer opportunities to explore my inner self. When I moved to Bengaluru in 2018, I faced a lot of situations that scared me on the inside. Only to realize that I am enjoying myself rather than wanting to cower in a corner. As years went by, the adventurer in me started peeking out. I enjoyed the process of stepping out of my comfort zo...

A book that has been on my TBR list since I was 7-8 years old. This book was prominently displayed on a shelf for years in my household. The face on the cover page would make me pause in contemplation. Is he really a Yogi? My younger self only knew Yogi as a practitioner of Yoga. What could he write in a such a voluminous book? But, I did realise that the topic was far too advanced for my tiny self. Years passed and the yearning to read this book stayed with me. After starting college, I realized that I do not have a penchant for reading non-fiction book. The likes of Sherlock Holmes, Sidney Sheldon and Harry Potter enthralled me. I put this book on the back burner for an indefinite time. Later, I joined a book club and a library. What a world of opportunities it opened for me! I started to read beyond my comfort zone. I got access to books beyond the free PDFs. At that point, I still couldn’t develop the skill to sit through a non-fiction book. I would get stuck at 30-70% completion a...