Category Archives: Coming home
The Adapter
By the good graces of Microsoft, a dear friend from Delhi paid me a visit. In between meetings in Seattle and relatives in London, she squeezed in some twenty hours in San Francisco. Before her arrival, I was asked me … Continue reading
Filed under Coming home, Indo-Americana, The Subcontinent
It ain’t just developing nations.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates these roundworms, which can cause intestinal illness and blindness, infect up to 14 percent of the U.S. population. “But these (other) diseases are occurring among voiceless people,” he said. “It’s an … Continue reading
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The anger of Lady SF
It didn’t take long for the blissful honeymoon to get a little rocky. Lady San Francisco may have greeted me with a flirty kiss, but the slap in the face came shortly after. “Yes, my dear, my blue skies are … Continue reading
Filed under Bay Area livin', Coming home
The wrong eight hours.
At 2:30 PM, I finally gave in. I crawled into bed and closed my eyes. I was too tired to begin digging through the boxes of belongings that my parents had stored for me. So I told myself that I’d … Continue reading
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Suburban noise
While in India, one of my recurring American daydreams was the idea of returning to a meditation practice in the San Francisco bay area. True, meditation is something you should be able to do anywhere. And also true, New Delhi … Continue reading
Filed under Coming home, Modesto
Is this a new home?
WordPress gives me too many options to chose from. So I will choose them all. Every format, every font, every inane column header style. Or maybe not. But please bear with me as my mental stream finds its new home.
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