“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” — Tom Stoppard ThursdayTreeLove – 190 One afternoon post lunch, my peer and friend MH and I went for a quick walk after lunch. He took me …| happiness and food
It’s over 8 in the night and there are still 15 minutes left for the Sun to set. As I sit and type from this temporary work desk, I hear a hum of the refrigerator. My hotel room is nicely insulated so it’s quiet and feels like time may stand still. I have had my … More Conversations over chai #9| happiness and food
“Perspectives are like batteries. You can see the positive or the negative, and they’ll keep you charged up, if you replace them often enough.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones Thursday Tree Love – 189 T…| happiness and food
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project. ~Napoleon Hill I missed the last edition. There is a lot happening at work front and I just couldn’t get to the b…| happiness and food
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~Maya Angelou Thursday Tree Love – 187 I was at the Ba…| happiness and food
“The harder the work, the sweeter the fruits.” ~ Abhijit Naskar I have shared such Jackfruit laden trees before but every time I see one, I find them very cute and happy. I found this on my morning…| happiness and food
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.…| happiness and food
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” ~ Thomas Jefferson I haven’t been able to write here and publish for over a month. I was just not able to manage time but today, I got a chance and here I am with this beautiful Gulmohar tree that I captured … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 184| happiness and food
As I type the next few words, I can smell tea brewing from the kitchen. It’s slightly windy outside and I can also hear the wind chimes in the balcony. Last couple of months have been busy. W…| happiness and food
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl. ThursdayTreeLove – 183 I spotted another Yellow Tabebuia last week and this is the same t…| happiness and food
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”- Abraham Lincoln Over the weekend, I stepped out with VT to go watch a few matches of the Bengaluru Open. The Karna…| happiness and food
Life is about perspective and how you look at something… ultimately, you have to zoom out. ~ Whitney Wolfe Herd This weekend I went on a run and I was trying to find the same Banyan tree from 4 years back when I first saw it (picture on the left). The tree, the aerial roots … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 181| happiness and food
Sitting on my table writing this post, I see that this is the first conversation with you all in 2025. It has been four months since we spoke last. As much as I want to share and talk, I am still n…| happiness and food
“When you’ve learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.”― Barbara Katz Rothman, ThursdayTreeLove – 180 Early in the month, my friend UM couldn’…| happiness and food
No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again. – Buddha Happy 2025 you all! I hope the first week of the year has been decent for you all so far. Like they say, it is just another Sun rise but the change of calendar year makes us all cling to hope, … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 179| happiness and food
When 2024 began, I wanted it to be ‘my’ year. I was sure many good things will happen through the year. You see, I have a strong affinity to the number ’24’ and hence the hunch. As I look back, I think 2024 was my year but not in the ways I had imagined. In … More Goodbye 2024| happiness and food
Chai and pakodas in the US Hello readers! It’s a quiet Saturday evening my side. While I have house chores to finish, I want to spend some time with you over chai. I know what you are thinkin…| happiness and food
Over the last couple of months, I have been thinking about adulting and making friends. As adults, we are supposed to know and manage things, be the boss of our house and live and exude the confide…| happiness and food