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Notes from my journey

June 25, 2025

The Process of Publishing My India

I’ve just completed a book launch tour of four heartfelt events—spread across India and online. Each gathering was distinct in its venue, participants, and energy. Yet,…

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July 14, 2024

Seasons of My Life

The seasons of my life changeas with my agelike the seasons of an Indian year. Before I was 10,it was the age of innocence.I knew nothing…

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July 11, 2024

Moments of Silence

I am on a spiritual path, and that might take me to silence. In fact, when I moved to Banaras in December 2022, I intended for…

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July 7, 2024

What is Silent?

Silent is… The still air on a hot day in Banaras The leaf unfurling overnight The ants walking in line with sugar and food on their…

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June 9, 2024

Becoming Goan

I’m not converting or anything. Not that you can convert into an ethnicity. It’s really something that you’re born into. Or is it? I am Bangalorean,…

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May 1, 2024

Ranking the Dumps

I would like to creating a rating system for bathroom. These are the important aspects of a bathroom:

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April 25, 2024

Music on my YouTube Channel

Since before I could talk in full sentences, I was singing. When I was a wee little girl of 3 (in Houston, Texas), my older brother…

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April 23, 2024

PhD Post 40

More than a decade ago in 2009-2010, when I was 30-32 years old, I enrolled 2 Masters’ degrees. I was older than many of the students,…

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April 16, 2024

Road Trips!

I bought my Kwid in 2019 to serve as a transport for my family: my best friend and his wife were about to have a baby,…

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April 14, 2024

Tamil Nadu

I don’t know what it is that attracts me to this land, Tamil Nadu. Perhaps it’s my knowledge of a bit of the language and a…

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April 10, 2024

An Indian Palace

Every foreigner dreams of coming to India and experiencing an Indian Palace. There are, of course, the palace-turned-museums such as in Jaipur (part of the Golden…

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