-
some of you Stays
I was shuffling an old playlist when a French song came on and I couldn’t remember their face but my lips knew every word. That’s the thing about people who don’t stay. They leave things behind. Ice cream as a punctuation.The way I fold my shirts now. Coriander on everything. that was you. Someone taught…
-
Linkin Park
I bought Lollapalooza, Mumbai tickets the second they announced Linkin Park. Same day. Didn’t even think about it. Because how do you not show up for the music that kept you alive? I was in 10th grade when Pranav Bhaiya handed me a burned CD. Two Linkin Park albums, one just released. I had no…
-
Great Tools
There’s something simple about joy: it lives in the tools you use every day. For years, I loved the idea of espresso. I’d try to coax it out of a moka pot, force it through an Aeropress, always ending up with something that wasn’t quite right. I could get caffeine into my body, sure. But…
-
Are we really making decisions
Or just connecting dots Yesterday while coming back from Cafe Cursor, Reddy2go explained a major life decision. Very articulate. Very thought-out. All the reasons lined up perfectly. Made me wonder: was that really why they decided, or are they connecting dots backward? Steve Jobs famously said you can only connect dots looking backward. But maybe…
-
Singapore, Indonesia, and the Things You Notice in the Margins
I just got back from a work trip—Singapore for two days, Indonesia for a few more. Five meetings in Singapore, all the usual corporate choreography, and then we carved out time in Indonesia to actually look around instead of just existing in hotel lobbies and conference rooms. That’s where things got interesting. Not interesting in…