Jaipur, Rajasthan: Sitting at the dining table in our house, Dadaji told her, "So what if he is coming over to check you out as a prospective match, you are going to judge him as well." She was staying with us to meet a prospective groom and was very nervous about it. He seemed to be out of her league. I was just a young girl.
H8 Cafe, IIT Bombay: Joy exclaimed, "Oh, now I see why these cuppa-noodles are breaking into small pieces. It's because the instructions only ask to pour boiling water, but he is putting them in the microwave on top of that." This cafe had opened up and was perfect for evening snacks. I was very fat then and greatly into food.
Perth, Western Australia: Dalai Lama joked, "I am doing my share of protecting the resources by bathing only once in a few weeks." The age of self-discovery began.
The corner of room 40, UMN: Mike said, "Sometimes you have to man-handle other grad-students. Sometimes you even have to man-handle your advisor." It was like a whole new country for me.
Princeton Campus, NJ: Anuradha said, "There are many forms of feminism....I am over all this now....I will end up doing something else anyway." I was pre-occupied with some of my own struggles.
Central park, NYC: Amit said, "But seriously, you should figure out a way to live in NYC. Writing, journalism, designing, whatever you can think of. There are many nice apartments near Central Park. Just live in this area itself and you can come here everyday. Oh, they have Blockheads here! It serves this interesting drink called Coronita, it's Corona beer plus Margarita. You should try it. It is amazing." We were seeing each other after 3 years and the weather was amazing.
I replied, "Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about."
It's strange how all the places you have been to, all the people you have met, all the books you have read and all the songs you have heard all fuse together into you and make just one complete person. Tiny threads of information, feelings, connections that emanate from your being hold the world together. Life is best lived one day, one place, one person at a time.
H8 Cafe, IIT Bombay: Joy exclaimed, "Oh, now I see why these cuppa-noodles are breaking into small pieces. It's because the instructions only ask to pour boiling water, but he is putting them in the microwave on top of that." This cafe had opened up and was perfect for evening snacks. I was very fat then and greatly into food.
Perth, Western Australia: Dalai Lama joked, "I am doing my share of protecting the resources by bathing only once in a few weeks." The age of self-discovery began.
The corner of room 40, UMN: Mike said, "Sometimes you have to man-handle other grad-students. Sometimes you even have to man-handle your advisor." It was like a whole new country for me.
Princeton Campus, NJ: Anuradha said, "There are many forms of feminism....I am over all this now....I will end up doing something else anyway." I was pre-occupied with some of my own struggles.
Central park, NYC: Amit said, "But seriously, you should figure out a way to live in NYC. Writing, journalism, designing, whatever you can think of. There are many nice apartments near Central Park. Just live in this area itself and you can come here everyday. Oh, they have Blockheads here! It serves this interesting drink called Coronita, it's Corona beer plus Margarita. You should try it. It is amazing." We were seeing each other after 3 years and the weather was amazing.
I replied, "Yes, I know exactly what you are talking about."
It's strange how all the places you have been to, all the people you have met, all the books you have read and all the songs you have heard all fuse together into you and make just one complete person. Tiny threads of information, feelings, connections that emanate from your being hold the world together. Life is best lived one day, one place, one person at a time.
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