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 if I needed anything.  Truth be told, there were many things I wish I had brought [...]

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 unintended form of racism in a sense. We need to make these disease household words.”
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Worms [...]

Snapshot of heat

As I stepped in the doors, there was no blast of cool air to greet me. Somehow I imagined that there would be, despite the fact that the doors were already open.

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 beautiful, aren’t they? Now go find your car.”

Coffee sugar

It’s the stuff at the bottom of the cup. The still granulated, undissolved sugar that sits soaked in the final drops of your coffee. You could throw it out, but instead you guiltily enjoy it like candy for grownups.
I’m on my third mini-cup, and the sugar at the bottom is awaiting its last [...]

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 take a cat nap and get to work later.
Of course, 2:30 PM [...]

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 probably has at least a few meditation venues and groups to choose from.
But [...]

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.