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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Civil Engineer and The Secretary: A Secret Ranking

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 […]

What Kind of OCD Police Are You?

If you have OCD for cleanliness, I’d call you the “cleanliness police”. There are millions of police varieties in the world– My mother is a ‘keep it properly!’ police. I am the ‘on time’ police. There are micro-police I’ve heard of– like ‘toilet-paper-correct-direction’ police, ‘re-use paper cups’ police and ‘tap-water-waste-mat-karo’ police. You could say there […]