Musings from a visit to Costa Rica, May 2024 Standing tall at 7 meters, it is an impressive work of art, portraying a nonchalant, casual Continue Reading
Musings
Listen and learn
A few months back listening to my favorite podcast* I heard a discussion about the five senses and how vision is probably the most critical Continue Reading
A language, a community
A musing on the recent 50th anniversary celebration of MMLA (Maharashtra Mandal Los Angeles). A single live rehearsal with the entire group together, just one Continue Reading
Breakfast Special
A travel diary
For the love of words
Human beings are social creatures and as we all know we bond over our love for food, for sports, for books and recently, over the Continue Reading
Breaking the ice
This piece is a musing on a simple facet of life in the United States. “Let me get you started with waters. Ice, no ice”? Continue Reading
Priceless air
The Gujaratis are known to be enterprising, consummate businessmen. Some are very generous too. They have traveled across lands to the Middle East, across oceans Continue Reading
Food for thought
When I was twenty, my grandmother lived with us and she was full six decades older than I. In a curious case of history repeating Continue Reading
A small service
“You know if I’m not doing this right, it’s because we don’t eat red meat”, I said removing a stack of beef patties from the Continue Reading
Ring out the old, ring in the new…
Saturday afternoon I found myself drifting away and the audiobook lulling me to sleep instead of firing off neurons! What else could I expect after Continue Reading
Bursting bubbles
Late Sunday afternoon I went for a walk in the neighborhood – a daily routine that many of us have established since the novel coronavirus Continue Reading