Just my Life
Human Machine Entanglement
Almost everything we do seems intended to enrich the digital world. Our photos, our messages, our updates, the news, our work documents, our data, our code, our reports, our slides — they make up our digital life and serve to feed the digital world. ... Read more
Between the Lines
I like drawings which are mostly made up of lines, and commonly fall in the categories of sketches, cartoons, schematics or diagrams. Being quite terrible at colouring, drawing class for me, consisted of the joy of capturing something in its outline ... Read more
Coffee, Chicory and Chicanery
I grew up to the smells and sounds of coffee in a household that roasted and ground its own coffee! But soon we went to chicory-blended coffee powder, more tea and less coffee, and at one stage even instant coffee! Serving coffee often involved the c... Read more
Walk and Roll in Delhi
Indian cities are not great for walking, and Delhi no exception. But on a hot October evening, with a six year old in tow, but with constant encouragement and flattery about our walking stamina, we quickly put 1 km under our belt. The air was not ter... Read more
The Reluctant Photographer
I had a pretty disastrous relationship with photography. I accidentally managed to open the back door, thus exposing the film to bright afternoon sunlight. Then once I enthusiastically grabbed hold of the camera and clicked about a dozen inspired pic... Read more
Memorable Munnar - A Travelogue
I have a somewhat academic relationship with travel. But I do want to get away from the madding crowd and their frenzied pursuits. You know that feeling when you are watching Planet Earth and you think, 'If that is planet earth, what planet am I on?'... Read more
Right of Passage - How I wound up as something of a car enthusiast!
I grew up in Mumbai with nary a want or thought for a car. A senior of mine from college sent me a picture of him with his car in the US. And the image stuck. In the US, the most remarkable thing you see are the parking lots — stretching out and occu... Read more
Lego Assembly at Happy 5th!
We got the idea of assembling Lego bricks as one of the activities in Laasya's birthday party, We decided we would make it a scripted building activity with instructions. Based on what we had, we decided to make a Lego railway track system and many s... Read more
How I came to take a Sabbatical
I remember the day I quit my job to take a sabbatical. I did enjoy working at my last workplace. Yet, I felt like a spectator rather than on the field, for anything other than work. A vacation is a traditional remedy for such a malady. So I went on v... Read more