I have the perfect answer. To the question, “When do you feel your most liberated self?”, I have the perfect answer. It’s got to be behind the wheels. But not just a car. Even when I am riding on the two wheeler, there is a fleeting moment of nirvana that repeats itself in a loop [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘america’
June 10, 2009
Switching Coordinates
Nietzsche said, “Love is more afraid of change than destruction”. The love for a city, a place, a pigeon hole is so terrified of change. And the logistics is only least of the problems. It takes quite some time to fall in love with the place you’ve moved in. And once you are firmly settled [...]
April 15, 2009
Remembering the Campus
H has requested relief for the shift Fri 01/30/2009 12:00A – 5:00P. If you would like to sign up for this shift, please go to…
Its part of my b-day! please take.
Oh no! Belated wishes, H! I am sorry but I won’t be available. How are things?
Would someone like to answer Dr. S’s phones from 1:15pm-3:45pm [...]
January 25, 2009
The Plan
Let’s make an agreement, shall we?
A) We’ll get an early start tomorrow morning and try to enjoy each others’ company here in this beautiful place.
B) We’ll stop feeling sorry for ourselves. It’s not very attractive.
C) We’ll make our plans for the future.
Can we agree to that?
Yes we can.
P.S
This is NOT original. I wrote this, first, [...]
December 31, 2008
The Transition
It’s overwhelming. The fact that you are parting ways with almost everyone that you spent last 18 months with, could put you off track. It is different in the sense that, the people going away are not only the ones you went to college with or went to movies and dinners [...]
September 21, 2008
Oh, But We Don’t Know Football!
Aah, yes! You know, it is that cliched visit to the college football game that every desi grad student checks on his list. And one year late at that.
All the tickets reserved, claimed and printed out, then making sure we own a red T shirt (NCSU Wolfpack is red), there was just one thing left [...]
July 26, 2008
Come a Full Circle
Guessing how to operate the pay phone, wondering if those are actually quarters in your hand, sitting on the runway for more than an hour, reaching the destination, breathing a sigh of relief spotting the baggage, meeting new people, traveling on the right side of the road, listening to “Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera” (wtf!) [...]
July 7, 2008
I like People Watching…
Yeah, I really do.
Why is it that when you spot desi log in a huge gathering in this country, with most dressed traditionally(especially, the women!), they look all the more beautiful? Is it because it is your first such event in almost a year? Is it because the event was high profile? Is it because [...]
May 27, 2008
Indians Still Inhabit the Mountains
Well, yes. The long weekend turned out to be memorable. The second road trip in America, not a very long drive like the previous one, more people, well organized and that translated to some nice time.
The highlight was white water rafting. Some real good fun it was.
I never knew Gatlinburg was a prominent destination. The [...]
May 23, 2008
Off to Gatlinburg
In honor of Memorial day and all the “hard” work, we’ve been putting in, my workplace let me go at 2.30 today to kick start the long weekend and make it extra long! So we are off to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, for some trekking in the Smoky Mountains, white water rafting and the experience of living [...]
