Category: Life

  • A man of letters

    But on Day 1 of college, I was raging. A fan in our classroom didn’t work; the water cooler expelled air at high velocities instead of water; the benches were dusty, and the computers seemed to have been around since the time of Raja Raja Chola I.

  • Kochi: A tale of sea breeze, sunsets, and surprise guests

    Seaside resorts unanimously charge a premium for rooms that overlook the ocean. We were ready to shell out something extra for the following:  What we were not ready to shell out something extra for:  Four-legged fiends (but more on that later).  When we reached the place, the guy at the reception gave us the stink…

  • A coder-journalist origin story

    Part 1 How often can you change your profession? Though “inspirational” posts on LinkedIn will tell you otherwise, adding a hyphen and another skillset to your professional repertoire is painful. TL;DR: I was a coder, a journalist, a coder-journalist, and now a content marketer. If I hear just one more time the statement, “Oh, journalism…