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. […]
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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 […]
The Gadget Galore of the last 5 years and how I’ll go lean in 2025
I thought initially that in 2024, I would have my gadget spree spending in check. Contrary to what people close to me believe, it’s not the flying around that’s costing me much, but it’s the gadgets. In 2024 alone, the second half of it most particularly, I added a number of new devices. Not to […]