The Walls We Keep Close


Mental Health, Musings

Let me tell you a story… Many years ago, at a time when the Maruti 800 was considered THE car to have, when all of Bangalore could be reached in 20 minutes or less, and the idea of ‘breweries’ wasn’t even around, at that time, my family had a house in what is now called […]

December 5, 2024

Carry your pain lightly


Musings

Let me tell you a story… I took the afternoon off yesterday to go to the local Tibetan hospital to stock up on my medicines. I was looking forward to the drive, which is not a thing you say in Bangalore. But this hospital has a detached feel from the rest of Bangalore – you […]

November 26, 2024

The Emptiness


Mental Health, Musings

Last year, if it were a Sunday, you would have found me running 20 or 30 km. You would have then found me here, telling you about that experience. The crisp morning air, the air beneath my feet, the air in my lungs. Breath like air. Life like air. The feeling that for once, just […]

November 17, 2024

The generosity of a window


Musings

“And what is more generous than a window?” My workstation is next to a window. When buying this apartment, I paid extra for a room with a view. I didn’t want to live in a space where I see walls everywhere. (Yes, privilege) I sit with two plants in front of me – black ZZ […]

August 12, 2024

The Art Of Conflicts: With Siddhidha Kabara


podcast

Let me tell you a story… A few years ago, sometime in 2015, I had the worst conflict of my life. I was with one of the best people in my life—my co-founder and the one friend I can trust not to leave. That time, we were angry with each other – the sort of […]

June 17, 2024

My Love Affair With Books


Featured, Reading

I don’t remember the exact time in my life. That time I first picked up a book. Smelled the pages, inhaled the story, and fell in love. I must have been 5. I have never stopped loving since then. Books have been the companions who I know will never abandon me. I can trust books – waiting patiently for me, accepting my flaws because they judge you not. You […]

April 23, 2024

Blessings And Angels


Musings

Let me tell you a story… I go for a walk every evening. I stay in an apartment surrounded by lush gardens and huge trees—walking here is a delight. I see an assortment of people on my walk. The old couple who always walks hand in hand. Screaming kids. Weary mothers. The fast walker who […]

April 18, 2024

Writing: Loss And Its Layers


Musings, Writing

Here’s a story for you. Sometime in 2020, I had a meeting by the beach in Chennai with one woman who I thought was a friend but never was. It was a weird, discombobulated meeting, one of skirting around edges, and one where I returned feeling I hadn’t said anything I wanted to. I tried […]

April 13, 2024

Who We Are When We Love


Musings

Sometimes love is just this. I have gone through about 2 years now of seeing the greatest love of my life, my mother, in pain. Relentless, unremitting pain. I have seen someone who makes me laugh with her curiosity, who taught me to see the world, to embrace the world with wide-eyed wonder, under house […]

April 11, 2024