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7 De-addiction Steps: Why and How I left Social Media

1. Facebook: The addiction starts As soon as I would flip my laptop open in a swift stroke, my itchy fingers would blindly type the words “face” into my browser, till autocomplete promptly took over and added “book.com” to that, and life didn’t just stop there. My fingers immediately hit the enter button and In […]

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My Observations as an NRI In Starbucks India

My favourite part about Starbucks india? Unlike the US counterpart, the Indian staff gets my name right. No longer am I “Nicole” or “Newper”. I am “Nupur”. Not only do they just spell or say it right–, hello, they REMEMBER my name! — I am a familiar customer who they greet by name. Starbucks India […]

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Should NRIs eat with their hands while living abroad?

I have stopped apologising for eating with my bare hands. I have a trait that makes me spoon handicapped — or what I call “spoondicapped”. I hold spoons awkwardly, from the outwards to inwards, like you hold a knife. This disorder, extends to fork-knife pair too. I can’t recall if the fork should be in […]

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How difficult it was to find a job in India, after leaving Google

I didn’t realise how difficult life would be, after 10 years of working at Google, till someone at my new job asked me, “Do you know Docker?” I shrugged. “What’s that?” I added. Now, you must be informed, that I am not a SWE. Or in eng-misc speak — “IANASWE”. In fact, I’m not even a computer […]

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The attitude that some people at office are “superior”

B’s bright red lipstick had my attention, till she said “I quit.” Why would she leave her high flaunt-worthy job, I wondered. She’s talkative. Logical. Knows all about software engineering. “My new manager was treating me like a secretary!”, she added. Her dark hair and an infrequent pop of a middle-eastern accent, were clues hidden […]

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How I Found an Apartment In India (Return to India Series)

“The kitchen is old and has ants, but this was the only gated community I liked”, said Neha, shrugging slightly as she tucked her legs under her tiny frame, sinking into the cream sofa. Her living room gently soaked in the cool Bangalore air; through the windows behind her, and through the mosquito mesh that […]

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It’s Embarrassing, But I Have to Eat With my Hands!

I have stopped apologising for eating with my bare hands. I have a trait that makes me spoon handicapped — or what I call “spoondicapped”. I hold spoons awkwardly, from the outwards to inwards, like you hold a knife. This disorder, extends to fork-knife pair too. I can’t recall if the fork should be in […]

I Regretted Not Studying Computer Science & What I Did About It.

We’ve learnt to accept that only few women choose to study Mechanical Engineering, and I, being one of those women, chose to do so, for a silly idealistic reasoning that “Oh, I wanna be like my grandfather and father”, both of whom studied mechanics. The reason was not entirely idealistic though— I eliminated computer engineering […]

Why I Regret Not Studying Computer Science.

We’ve learnt to accept that only few women choose to study Mechanical Engineering, and I, being one of those women, chose to do so, for a silly idealistic reasoning that “Oh, I wanna be like my grandfather and father”, both of whom studied mechanics. The reason was not entirely idealistic though— I eliminated computer engineering […]

I Left My Google Job. Life Became So Hard.

I didn’t realise how difficult life would be, after 10 years of working at Google, till someone at my new job asked me, “Do you know Docker?” I shrugged. “What’s that?” I added. Now, you must be informed, that I am not a SWE. Or in eng-misc speak — “IANASWE”. In fact, I’m not even a computer […]