Home in white As soon as I stepped out of the plane in Detroit, the crystalline coldness of the Michigan winter swept right over my body. And in a startling twist of expected reactions, the bitter winter weather seemed rather comforting. The familiarity of the coldness was strangely welcoming. As if to say, welcome home.[…]
Nashik In about 12 hours I will find myself slowly transforming from a non resident Indian in India to a resident alien in the US. It is a metamorphosis that I always struggle to associate a connotation with. I have now spent 25% of my life living away from home. Yet surprisingly, I am expected[…]
2010 was the year of the Lotus. And in essence, that summarizes all of it. But that robs me of my usual wandering renderings. So perhaps, I will just go on for a bit. Any year that quenches a dream that began since I was sixteen and one that needed me to save for over[…]
It is a curious and a heady mix of severe excitement and mild apprehension when it comes to going home. The feeling starts to gain traction when the fairly large sized airplane luggage bags come out of the store room. They open up their clams to vast amounts of space. It slowly dawns upon you[…]
I am done hearing about the virtues of moderation. As far as I am concerned, moderation is a lukewarm, stoic and an introverted cousin of being entirely forgettable. I have been practicing it religiously all this while with paltry consequences at best. It’s the mantra of being a vegetable. I really have myself to blame.[…]
Lonely up there At 50,000, the Spaceship-Two disconnected from its mother ship, Virgin Eve. David was amused by how silent it had suddenly become. Before he could wrap his mind around the emptiness of outer atmosphere, the hybrid rockets on Spaceship two ignited. David was subjected to intense gravitational forces that pushed him squarely back[…]
The biggest scare Halloween could bring is this drop in temperatures. The fall leaves are on the ground leaving the trees bare. The wind is positively chilly and my comforters are cold when I slip into them in the night. The days stay cloudy and turn dark well before you have realized that the day[…]
The fact is that I have always loved you. What began as a sincere interest, turned into an all-out adulation! So, when you finally came around, there wasn’t much left to decide. Deciding to be with you and be yours was as irrational as it could be. And it turns out; any other way would[…]
Your ‘Sixth sense’ had me hooked. Sitting in the cheapest of cinemas in Nashik, discovering that the protagonist was actually dead through the entire movie was a very novel concept. Your story telling ability seemed natural and engaging. Later when I saw your “Unbreakable” I turned into certified fan. Of course, while most audiences flocked[…]
1600 miles of Lotus-ness The night before the trip, I was reasonably worried. It would be her first road trip and a daunting task. The Lotus would travel over 1100 miles in a straight line to drive a few hundred miles on curvy mountainous roads. The winding roads were eagerly anticipated but getting there in[…]