Our professor talks about how we should emulate nature while designing any complex systems. In his view, the solution to any problem we face can be found in our surroundings, only if we care to observe. This is apparently why he believes in god. He even shared a story about a girl who had …
Sometimes when any one of my roommates walks in late in the day, I am reminded of how my father came back home from his trips across India and always brought something for us. I foolishly hope they might have brought something for me too! Little do I realise that I should not expect that …
“Disillusioned” is how I would describe my state of mind these days. Disenchanted with the idea of finding a ‘passion’ and living happily doing what I love, disappointed with myself, but still not discouraged. Those were all the synonyms I could find. Waking up to find my favorite YouTube video removed and attending classes …
The final stretch of my master’s, the culmination of all hopes! The time when everybody wishes it will be done soon and that we do not have to study anymore, but with the sadness of realizing that we have to be accountable for a lot more as we go onward, and cannot be as …
“Yes Ma’am, just for you!”, said the driver of the bus I was in, to a lady who enquired if it would take her to the USC health science campus, situated a few miles away. She hopped right in, beaming. I got a ‘transfer’, so to say, for my last couple of months at …
How my Instagram feed has changed over the last two years is truly an indication of how my life has changed! From the photos of Hesaraghatta lake to the photos of Austria, from Bangalore college campuses to the sunset pictures at the beaches of California, from first time dishes to exquisite fares, from Mysore …
In between friends who call me up because they are too scared to walk home alone from office on a scary street and friends who call me on a weekend while ticking names off the list of people not in touch since a while, life goes on. People can never stop surprising me. They …
Parting is always painful. Another semester has ended and this summer was not going to be like the last one, when the only worry I had was how I will work 9 to 5 every single day at my on-campus job and make as much money as possible. My home away from home is …
There has not been a single day in the last couple of months that I did not wish I were a bit more intelligent, a bit more confident and a bit more charming. If I were a little smarter, I would top classes and probably get a PhD, if I were more talented, I …
I had assumed it would be easier for me to leave home this time as I was not going to an unknown place now. However, as the day of the journey approached, I could sense myself feeling more and more nostalgic. I felt a tad better when I entered the airport and spotted …