Thursday, May 20, 2021

My Fossilized Meal

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This is a short story. My attempt at a bit of sci-fi.  ------ It is rare for me to have three burners going when I'm cooking just for my...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

The Pointless ATM

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Haven't blogged in years. Breaking the silence with a short story from one of the many unfinished novels on my google drive. Hope you en...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

Home Cooking Tips for Indian Grad Students Abroad: Chapter 1 Using the oven for Indian style vegetables

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I decided to start with this topic because it's one learning I am very proud of. And have gotten good responses about on Twitter and ev...

Home Cooking Tips for Indian Grad Students Abroad: An Introduction

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A cousin of mine recently came from India for grad school. She was talking to me about the thinking and effort involved in cooking "wh...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Indian-Americans and Spelling Bees: Adding some nuance

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It's that time of the year again. The only night of the year when desi people dominate ESPN primetime in the United States. The Scripps...
Friday, July 03, 2015

On IIPM "Shutting Down"

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Recently a friend pointed out that next month would be 10 years since I made a post titled "The Fraud that is IIPM" on my littl...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

"The Flight" Chapter 2 of Apurvai, a travelogue by P.L. "PuLa" Deshpande

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Many years ago, I translated chapter 1 from the 1960 book. You don't HAVE TO read it to follow this chapter, but it is recommended. Un...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

What Jon Stewart Means To Me

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August 2006, I wrapped up my life in India and moved to the United States for a PhD in Marketing. I left the country I really knew and mo...