We hit our ‘one year anniversary in India’ on India’s Independence Day – Aug 15, 2009. A few months ago, we toyed with the idea of throwing a party and invite all our friends (… more →
An Indian American's return to accustomed earthadanie2 wrote 2 days ago: This happens to be a phrase from one of my favorite Hindi songs – Chalte Chalte. It also happe … more →
ulaar wrote 2 months ago: We hit our ‘one year anniversary in India’ on India’s Independence Day – Aug … more →
richardclarke wrote 4 months ago: Tiruvannamalai and Arunachala We arrived late in the day after the drive from Bangalore. There was a … more →
ulaar wrote 5 months ago: I wrote this post in my head in June 2008 shortly after my 2-week reconnoisance trip to India before … more →
ulaar wrote 11 months ago: (Someday this post shall be completed. Until then, here’s a relevant comment thread between me … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Put two Indians (perfect strangers mind you) in a room and it’s merely a question of time befo … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: It’s been 3+ weeks since my last post – I know! Work has kicked into high gear and I … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Chauffeurs. Parlourmaids. Cooks. Nannies. Gardeners. These professions were largely in vogue in the … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Soft landing. Two words used most often by friends and acquaintances when I revealed my India plans. … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: My two-week whirlwind India trip was not touching Hyderabad. This was a bummer because my brother li … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Two centuries ago, Mumbai (Bombay) was a small fishing village consisting of seven islands. Its natu … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: The itch to blog has been there for several years. But I’m more of a generalist than a special … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: So we are moving to India but to which city? For better or worse, the list of candidate cities is fa … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: 16 years? Well – to be more precise 15 years, 9 months & 5 days since I came to America fr … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: “I want to go to Bangalore, Mommy”, declared Sanat three days after we reached Bangalore … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: Aug 15 The prodigal son returns to India on Independence Day exactly 16 years after he had left for … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: “You stink”, yelled my 7-year old nephew when I tried to give him a goodbye hug. “ … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: “But my move was unconventional…”, replied my friend R who had moved to Bangalore … more →
ulaar wrote 1 year ago: It started innocently enough. I was telling my friend (let’s call him “Joe”) at Co … more →