One With Nature

My Yoga Guru, Lamor, and I did Yoga and meditation in the park. The setting was perfect. A cool, crisp, morning with a slight breeze rustling through the trees. We walked a lap, breathing in our surroundings. I observed a crazy dog running around … [Read more...]

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi, the brilliant author of the book "When Breath Becomes Air", died of lung cancer at the young age of 36. I read his work of brilliance in 24 hours — yes, could not put it down. Period. The son of Indian parents — a Christian father, … [Read more...]

Home

For decades now, I have lived a life of temporariness, travel and transiency. Wherever I have arrived, it is with the knowledge that I will depart. The excitement of every arrival is tempered for me with the knowledge of my imminent departure. On … [Read more...]

Racial Brutality

I was shocked to see disturbing video of a Nigerian student being beaten by a mob in a mall near Delhi, because of the color of his skin. I watched the news about a white man in New York kill a black man, only because he was black. An Indian engineer … [Read more...]