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Homologation Special
The internet never forgets. Decades ago, I had deemed Corolla as the most boring soul-sapping car in the world. I had promised that I would never get one. But life always has a way of saying never say never! Fast-forward to 2025, and I find myself salivating over a Corolla. Admittedly, it is not just[…]
Inside looking out
Everyone was well dressed. The hair was done, the clothes were pressed and all the shoes looked uncomfortable. It felt momentous. I felt strange. For the last twenty years, I was outside looking in. I enjoyed my nebulous state of belonging and being a resident alien. I conveniently chose when to support this union of[…]
Sweet Sixteen
Flag and four wheels BOM – Mumbai Airport – 15th August 2003 Chicago, Not Detroit Metro Airport University of Michigan A fleeting charmed existence Erie, Pennsylvania and Pseudo depression Ann Arbor, Michigan Part 2 Winter testing First new car followed by the Lotus Elise Change Scene – Germany A glorious existence Life partner found United States of America,[…]
On a slippery slope (not)
Learning a new skill is hard. As an adult it is even harder. It stems largely from your disillusion of knowledge and your bad habits form considerable impediments right from the start. But if you are interested, willing, made enough tea and have a new mac book pro you might actually pull it off. Learning[…]
A winning formula
Just to cross a flag I have been following Formula One for over 14 years now. It is not that I am addicted to the sport; it is just that Formula One is more than just sport. At the age of 14, I was transitioning my fascination for cars from that of a poster-ogling teenager[…]
Four is forever
1-2-3-4… We made it! Four years straight. More importantly, we made it over the crucial third year hump in our relationship. These aren’t just uncharted waters but brand new oceans. And to be really honest, our fourth year wasn’t as hard as I expected. This fourth year was a year when unremarkable things were happening[…]
Neutral steer
If you have been following this space for any time, you would know quite well that I have ruing each year that I have grown older ever since past the age of 25. My rants on my quarter life crisis took up a size-able portion of this blog. Now though, I have decided that ennui[…]
A desert for dessert
It took almost two months for the mailed out post cards to make their way across the desert and an Atlantic ocean into the United States from the United Arab Emirates. And since it took me just as long to write about Dubai, I must make it perfectly clear at the start that my Bedouin[…]
Avery’s mango
Avery’s fascination for mangoes was superbly intense. She wasn’t quite sure if it was the appearance of a ripened yellow alphonso mango, or the smell that perforated the room when it was cut, or rather the way the fruit melted on her tongue under the smallest of resistances from her teeth. It began from a[…]