A popular self-help motto is ‘you are meant to thrive, not just survive’. There was no thriving, but running helped get through 2020. Throughout the lockdown, fear, cluelessness, professional stillness, personal loss in 2020, running was (and is) an outlet and helped deal with the past few months. …

The other day I logged into Facebook after months. This was probably after almost a year. The platform seemed unfamiliar. Strangely, checking Facebook, notifications, messenger were once “life needs”. How times change. I was thinking that and scrolling, when I landed at Facebook’s Notes section. Back in 2008–2009, Notes were…

The alarm on my mobile phone jolts me out of sleep. 4:00 am. I switch it off. It has taken a lot of willpower and time to build the habit of not pressing snooze, and oversleeping. 4:45 am and I’m slowly climbing down the stairs. The streets are lit, empty…

Facebook at Work got launched in India last week. In case you didn’t hear about it, you can read about it here, here or here. It’s a big step and impressive to see some of the traditional Indian corporates open up to enterprise social networks (ESN). …

Yesterday evening I was watching The Blind Side, yet again. A fine movie, some lovely acting by Sandra Bullock and Lily Collins adding the extra beauty with her next-to-mute presence. But its the story of Michael Oher (played by Quinton Aaron) that moves me. More so its Michael’s essay on…

I don’t really know how this works as I have never done this before. Nonetheless, I’m doing this in the hopes of my dream coming true. The other day I saw this picture of Tommy with his name and details on a paper. It said he was lost. Well, Tommy…

Ever wanted to be smarter, better than your friends or the people around you? Or from that one particular guy/girl who seems to know about everything and anything and isn't the most geeky either? …

Two of my friends recently formed a four member groove metal band. This is a brief insight to their journey so far. 2 performances and 2 victories! — The first song I listened to today morning was ‘Have a nice day’ by Bon Jovi. And who knew it was going to turn out to be indeed such a nice day! Two of my friends recently formed a four member band. They named the band Kazaryth (the meaning of…

Having not blogged ever earlier, this is my first blog post. It’s on some of the reasons for not blogging and what type of blog it is going to be. — “The beginning is always today.” Mary Shelley’s (the author of the novel Frankenstein) words hold importance as today I make my very first blog post. Today is the beginning. Today is a new dawn (to be cliched much). Blogging has been around for years now; my friends blog, relatives who…