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Since a long time now, it gives me immense pleasure to wish a person on his or her birthday. There was a time when I used to take great pa...

Kapathaka! This is now her new byword for anything and everything. Did you finish your milk? Kapathaka. We laugh. She laughs. Later in th...

Ok, now that I just had my last day in office in June, what next? It was always a long time.... hmm, 'desire' - looking at my fr...

In 10+ years of my professional life, I haven't had too many experiences with writing "Farewell" emails. Primarily because, i...

There was a farewell party yesterday noon at office for a colleague of mine which I couldn’t attend due to a conflicting meeting. After the...

This day two years ago, April 29th 2011, we landed in Washington DC airport. It was a big sigh of relief when we set foot on the US soil. W...

Ok, one more blog on weather, after a long time ! I am from Bangalore, India. Weather-wise it stays pretty constant: whether it is summer...

Often I wonder what makes a doctor specialize in one specific part of the body. What triggers anyone to want to look at people’s teeth all ...

Random questions during drive back home today... To love what you do or To do what you love? To live the way you love to or  To love...

Wheat bread instead of White bread? Check. Daily green tea? Check. Daily almonds? Check. Taking stairs instead of elevator? Check. Drin...

When it is too hard to take a decision,  It stays put as an indecision. Indecision leads to inaction. Then, the only course of action  ...

Here’s wishing Enginjo a happy married life and very best wishes… I had said this in 2007, soon after her wedding. And this weekend, I ...

My wife and I are at that stage of life where we are often asked about planning for the second child. We are not too much in favor of it, a...

After a long time, I felt there was lot of time at hand today. It was literally true. There was an additional hour gifted today because Tim...

Nor did I in 2010. Maybe couple of times in 2011. But looks like it is all coming back with a vengeance now. Already worked many weeke...

As I said that day , I was having a myriad of thoughts. But it has now been 6 months since I quit my previous job and I can see a semblance...

Scene 1: Saturday; Around 11 am; Rest Area on I-5 South; 1 hour from San Diego: I went to a cool drink dispensing machine and punched th...

The first moments of their visits captured in video... Paternal Granma; Aug 2011; Flew over 8130 miles. Paternal Granpa; Jun 2...

It is a long weekend & this makes me wonder if... Tough-work, burning-midnight-oil, "I-hate-office", good-pay, exotic-vacat...

Sometimes I feel it is so important to have highly intellectual people all around you. Even a simple conversation with such folks can be so...