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Survey Results: NRI’s Returning To India

It’s been 2 years since my move from America to India. The fear & confusion I felt when making that decision, is a faded memory– like an old wound that leaves a bumpy scar on the skin. Now, having adjusted to a new life– happier, detoxed and destressed– I have squeezed, reassuringly, the hands of […]

Find Out What Giving Up Coffee Did To Me

I can’t live without coffee. When it pours into my cup and when I taste that bitterness on my tongue, I get a very amazing kind of high. The high that tells me ‘man you can do anythin’ you want. You can power through the day, climb them mountains, read them documents. You can talk […]

Are you an NRI Looking for a Sabbatical from Work? Read This First.

It was the summer of my 9th year of worklife, when I decidedly asked my then manager “Can I take a sabbatical from office?”. He, an african-american, was a tall man with long braided hair. If I stopped by his office on a slow (though rare) day, we discussed womens issues and minorities at the […]

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What you can’t tell about Indian Politics while sitting abroad: Lok Sabha Edition

The first and surprising thought speeding through my mind on seeing Sonia Gandhi is “oooh! nice hair man”. I have just entered the Lok Sabha public gallery at the Parliament, New Delhi. My greedy eye-scan on the members of parliament (hereforth addressed as MP’s) seated in the green carpeted valley below me, stops at her. […]

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How was Food in India after being a long time NRI

I am still waiting for a slug to show up in my salad. Yes, I swear! A friend swiped me through her phone pictures, of a slug she found nested between the lettuce leaves of her burger– the smooth-skinned intruder innocently looking here and there with its antennas all charged up. Etched in my memory, […]

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Shutting off the Camera in WFH Video Meetings

Video meetings don’t scare me really. I’m not too shy, nor am I embarrassed about my hair popping out like a bent antenna under my headphone. Well, thats what I tell myself, but I secretly admit— I pep up my appearance before I hit the video ON button. Once I was alone in the chambers […]

The Case Against Birthdays : Part 1- The Emotions

I had the worst 24th birthday ever. The midnight bell didn’t ring. Friends bailed out over mis-spelt SMSs, promising to meet on the weekend. Only one friend met me for dinner. I cried that night. I had shown up at 11:50 pm at the doors of all these friends. $7.99 Flowers cradled between my bent […]

What NRIs Can Expect After Moving Back To India

What NRIs Can Expect After Moving Back To India

The Surprise Secret of Living Abroad: The Winters

The Surprise Secret of Living Abroad: The Winters

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 […]