Addiction and GriefArun died on Jan 20th 2024. Ten days before my parents 44th anniversary. A little more than a month before my mothers 72nd birthday and…Feb 26, 2024Feb 26, 2024
Notes on GriefI write because that is perhaps the only resort left to me now.Feb 25, 2024Feb 25, 2024
Notes on GriefI write this with the knowledge that my grief is still very raw. I haven’t been able to access a therapist and perhaps this shape shifting…Feb 25, 2024Feb 25, 2024
To my brotherI have had the hardest month of my life ever. On Jan 20th 2024, my only sibling, my elder brother passed away. He was just three years…Feb 8, 20244Feb 8, 20244
What I am listening to?I was a big reader until my graduate years. I read a book a week for a while, and was able to read really dense books for my age. In the…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
ChatGPT experiments: SnakeFor those of you who were born in the 80s have probably played snake on a feature phone from that era, perhaps a Nokia 1100 or 3110, those…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
What I’m listening toI usually spend my weekends hiking, cooking, playing with my dogs, listening to podcasts and reading. This weekend I listed to a couple of…Oct 24, 2021Oct 24, 2021
Dear PM, You are not technical enoughI took a long long writing break but wanted to come back to the blog today to write something very personal. For all of you PMs who work in…May 7, 20215May 7, 20215
Life in the fast laneNavigating COVID19, Racism, Immigration, new roles for both my husband and me and personal life changes in times of deep uncertainty. If…Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020
Corona diaries — April 20 2020The world has changed around us. Last year, at this time I was preparing to leave for NY for 3 months, with my husband and Millie our very…Apr 24, 2020Apr 24, 2020
Products for women that make my life a little betterAs a 35 year old working woman in a predominantly male dominated profession, I am at a stage of my life that is not simple. But I still…Oct 13, 2019Oct 13, 2019
5 years an immigrantOn 28 February 2014, my husband and I moved to San Francisco with 4 suitcases, 1 job, and 2 hearts and 2 minds full of dreams and hopes…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
The one habit that made me — ReadingRecently I thought about this question, from all the things, if I had to choose one habit that really made me the person I am today, what…Jun 30, 2019Jun 30, 2019
Being mediocreYesterday on the flight, I read this opinion in the NY Times called “In Praise of Mediocrity”. Now, this was super interesting to me…Oct 4, 20181Oct 4, 20181
What Next? …PivotalA few months ago, I was (yet again!) at crossroads in my life and was thinking about “What Next?”. As some of you might already know, this…Jan 14, 20181Jan 14, 20181
Isolation and Social Prestige (or lack thereof)I am currently in a transition phase between jobs, which means it gives me a lot of time to introspect and retrospect on my experiences…Sep 2, 20172Sep 2, 20172
Taaza Thindi: A case study in building a great businessIf any of you have been in Bangalore lately, and I went back after almost 2 years, you would notice that Taaza Thindi has taken Bangalore…Sep 1, 20174Sep 1, 20174
First principlesOne of my ex colleagues used to talk highly about The Software Engineering Daily and I finally got around to hearing it. Can’t believe I…Aug 23, 2017Aug 23, 2017
