On June 14, 2020, a story broke out on multiple Indian news channels and websites that Sushant Singh Rajput, a rising Bollywood star, has committed suicide. Honestly, I didn’t think much about it — news these days are mostly sad or scary or both— although it was interesting that a…

Ever since the COVID-19 lock-down started in mid-March this year, I was looking to add a new item to my routine. The first few weeks I was all over the place. I tried gardening, cooking, exercising but as it got warmer outside, nothing stayed on for too long. Then I…

2020 is a year that will go down in history as the year of the Coronavirus pandemic. Most countries in the world have experienced at least 2 months of lock-down in some form or another. When the lock-down was announced, one of the biggest concerns especially for working parents was…

Honesty is the best policy, said Benjamin Franklin. As kids, we were always expected to be honest, mostly to ourselves first, then parents and then everyone else. Yet, as we kids became teenagers and adults, we always talked ourselves into lying in mostly uncomfortable situations - it’s just a harmless…

This weekend in America was a weekend of extremes! On one hand there were widespread mass protests for the cold-blooded murder of George Floyd, and on another, SpaceX launched its first manned spacecraft and started a new era in private companies sending astronauts to space. The SpaceX launch was about…

I quit my job in the August of 2019. In my farewell week, my colleagues asked me about my plans after I quit. I told them with a happy face — binge watch Netflix for the next 2 weeks, and then I don’t know. That was not the thought process…

I was a straight A student in school — literally from the 4th grade to the 8th. Teachers and friends would be shocked if I got even 1 question wrong. In fact, I actually started to believe I was second to none. What a pity!!! As I changed schools in…

Its been about 2 months since we’ve been under physical lockdown. Physical lockdown in Texas means staying put in your house or apartment, roaming around the neighbourhood (with or without a mask) and hanging out at CVS or HEB for hours together to get essential items. Anyways, while the whole…