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Love in the Time of Brutalism
It felt like a living room jam session with everyone harmonizing to the words of love, perseverance and acceptance. This was a different world than outside.
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Horlicks Cookies
I prefer to have these cookies with coffee as it counters the bitterness of the coffee but also accentuates the flavor of Horlicks. Enjoy the trip down the Nostalgia Boulevard with this classic…
The Hill- Rohit Shakya: Serene sounds of the Himal
In addition to being a superb fusion of modern and traditional sounds, The Hill’s minimalistic arrangement lets us resonate with it in our own personal way, which is the ultimate power of music. My…
A Leap of Faith: A Conversation with Bivek
This is where I took a leap of faith and within five minutes of that call, I resigned from Walmart, immediately called my friend who was living in the Bay Area at that time, and asked him if I could…
Saving An Atheist Soul
This immigration of belief is not really much different than moving across land borders.
Mukti and Revival: The AI edition
We can sit around fire and enjoy our moments of warmth, but we can’t survive an inferno that will burn us to death.
The Golden Handcuffs: An Evolutionary Dead End
I studied evolutionary biology in graduate school. I don't really get to use it for my livelihood, but I learned an important philosophy from that degree that eventually shaped my current worldview.
Talking Politics with Friends: A Step-by-step Guide
I don’t know the specific number of friends, let alone families, split by recent election results but my guess is it’s disturbingly large. People who shared upbringings and came of age together…
Ode to the Festivals
Nothing warms our hearts like seeing lights draped around the house or a tree. I believe seeing sparkly lights in the darkness makes us happier and cheerful. It must be because our ancestors sat…
Parenting and the Art of Bench Press
At the risk of sounding like a complete meathead, I see a lot of similarities in parenting in general and bench pressing.