After a short stint in Hyderabad with family, I’m off to Chennai, Mumbai and Rajasthan. I got my visa stamped yesterday at Chennai, strange that it took only ten seconds at the visa counter (as against all the stories one hears at the American Consulate). I’m off to Mumbai for four days now to meet [...]
I’ve been in locked in my room for the past ten days (almost), except for the last weekend party, to finish up my first short story – “Yuti”. I’m glad that my first draft is ready. Meanwhile, it looks like so many things have changed since the last time I’ve blogged. My current project is [...]
With an incredible view of the Charles river from my apt, It wasn’t that difficult for me to get down with a tripod and get some good shots of the world famous – ‘Head of the Charles’ – Regatta championships. Over 300,000 people came to visit this spectacular on the weekend. Watch some pics [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Apparently, a lot of things have kept me busy enough. Inspite of my 5 hr weekday sleep cycle., I still think there is just too little time in this world and it’s already fall coming in. Taking a Fiction Writing course at Harvard has brought me into my [...]
The first day at Harvard Extension School’s course – Intermediate Fiction Writing, was a refreshing new beginning this fall. A small group of students ranging from age 25 to all the way upto 50, mostly women (there are only 4 men in a class of 17), having varied interests in life and career paths, show [...]
Heard about him, seen too many of his you tube vidoes – who is this guy? Never ever has there been an unprecedented fan following for someone with virtually zero marketing, branding or PR efforts. Russel Peters, a self made Indian Canadian comedian, is truly a phenomenon of sorts. With all the shows being sold [...]
Started my work couple of days back at Harvard University. It feels so refreshing to commute to work when you get to walk along the campus thru some of the best brains and best bods in the world. The timing was perfect and I couldn’t ask for more as most of the commencements are during [...]
Been a hectic week at work, we’re off to Duke University @Durham in North Carolina for our half yearly Project meeting with the adopters. Just that this time around I get to take a day off on Friday and go berserk all over North Carolina for a 3 day holiday! Quite a few things to [...]
When you work hard, really hard, a well deserved break is what you need! We’ve had hectic week at work with multiple releases in the pipeline this week, thanks to completely migrating to my macbook at workplace! I’ve got 3 databases running parallel on mine and the performance is like never before with MyEclipse Suite [...]
[Update - 60 hrs] I knew it, had to puke out a bit in the morning but things are back to square one now. It isn’t that hard after all! Doesn’t mean I’m gonna try a 72 hr again . I think there’s a challenge in trying out new things, trying to be in the [...]