I reflect on recent personal and travel experiences, emphasizing growth through movement and stillness. Now in Japan for WordCamp Kansai 2025, I navigate both the excitement of exploration and the peace found in quiet moments. Conversations and insights gained from the event prompt a deeper understanding of my journey and community connections.
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This Time, We Are the Disease: A Lament for Humanity’s Addiction to Power and Unwillingness to De-escalate
There’s a weight in the air. And not the poetic kind. The heavy, suffocating, war-is-on-the-brink kind. The kind of weight you don’t just read about – you feel it crawling under your skin, pulsing behind your eyes every time you glance at your phone and see another headline. Iran. Israel. The U.S. bombing nuclear facilities. […]
A Sky of Dreams, A Day of Grief
Yesterday, the skies turned silent over Ahmedabad. Air India Flight AI171, a Boeing 787 en route to London Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. Onboard were 242 people – 230 passengers and 12 crew. As of now, nearly all are feared dead. A few lives were lost on the ground as well. Just one […]
The Good Guy Delusion: A Harsh Reality Check
It’s time, I suppose, for a harsh reality check and a quick rundown of some unforgiving truths. Before we get to that though, just a quick update on anything else but that. Since the apocalyptic financial mayhem that took place in Quarter 1, I have slowly recovered already. I am still not in the green, […]
Talfahrt: Tumbling down the first quarter of 2025
We are nearing the end of March 2025. And since January 31, 2025, things have been going downhill for me. Literally. Figuratively – in almost all sense of imagination possible. I thought 2025 would be a redemption year for me, but it seems more like another filler episode in the grand scheme of things. But […]