Voyage of Emotions

I have always been a firm believer in the idea that people around you, and people you spend your time with have a lot to teach you; irrespective of what background, age group, culture, notions, and perspectives they come from. What this has done over the years is that it has very largely moved my…

“I don’t understand what is the point of solving these polynomial problems, where am I going to use them?” I grumpily mumbled out loud on a Sunday afternoon, sitting at our dining table finishing my homework when I heard her say from the other room, “This is just the start, if the process doesn’t humble…

Last year, my sixth semester exams were about to begin in a day. I distinctly remember sitting on the terrace and contemplating the quintessential “What next?” but it was a little different for me. My “what next?” was pretty clear because this company I had been interning at for over 2 years then had already…

I have been MIA for about 9 months now and have been doing what the title of this blog says, ‘finding my place’. These months have been a journey of constant learning, some tangible, some intangible. Growth is more of a feeling than a visual and I think that is the biggest lesson I have…

I turned 21 about 6 weeks ago, and unlike everyone I did not think of it as a number that would unlock things that were previously locked for me. Unlike others, it did not seem liberating, not even momentarily. Perhaps, the price you pay for being an old soul stuck in a young body. Unlike…

I stumbled upon a piece of Joy Harjo where she writes, “The world begins at a kitchen table, no matter what we must eat to live.” and this made me ponder upon two things –One, the world turns to food when it’s cracking open or being brought together.You know, how the highest form of showing…

From how much ever I have learned while adulting till now, which is perhaps not too much; I realize one thing that remained constant is the pursuit of happiness.Voluntarily or involuntarily, all the actions have been directed towards one single outcome, happiness. It does not have to be particularly my happiness because one thing about…

Ideally, this should have been a journal entry but the world is far from being ideal at this moment in time so let’s just follow suit, for once. Facing realities sometimes helps, which brings me to literally facing one of my realities and accepting it.Ever since we start to make sense of things, we are…

“Chheti kar, der ho rahi hain.”“Jaldi karo, der ho jayegi.” “Bega banni, bega.” Some phrases and sentences that kickstarted my mornings as a 5 year old. Coming from a culturally diverse background, growing up in a part of the country that has absolutely nothing to do with your roots inevitably makes you better at grasping…

“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”I came across this quote while designing something at work and it got me thinking. The point I wish to put across is that what if the instruments of an orchestra aren’t in sync? No matter how hard the musicians try to…