I build software, make music and occasionally write about stuff that interests me.
It's been exactly five months since we first started speaking, and we're getting married in another two. It's an arranged marriage - the best kind of marriage (/s). And she's the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life! State of the Art We’ve gotten pretty comfortable with each other. There hasn’t been a single day without us talking. It did take a bit of time to arrive here - multiple dates, hours…
To be born in the year "2000" is a great convenience. It is easier to calculate your age — you don't have to add or subtract anything from the current year and the year just equals your age. I thought that starting this year, and every four years from now, I’d honestly answer one of the most platitudinous questions ever asked in a job interview. I will try to break down this question further and…
An interesting thing happened this week! I got to stay in Chennai during this year’s Pongal. This was the first time I've been outside Coimbatore during Pongal. I've never seen Chennai like this before. My roommate and I went to Thiruvanmiyur beach in the morning and spent an hour or two there. The beach was nearly empty, the roads were vacant and the weather was top-notch. It was the complete…
I am inherently a skeptic. Even if things are socially accepted, I don't usually conform to them. In fact, I very much like to break out from what's normal and try to be different (idk if that's for good or bad). I'm somewhat of a contrarian. I was in school when social media became popular. From then till now, they just don't feel very real to me. On the other side, I hear a lot about how people…
During the pandemic, at a time when I had high fever, a movie that I had been expecting for quite some time got released on an OTT platform. I watched it with all the discomfort of the fever (possibly caused by the COVID-19 virus). I loved the film ! The film revolves around a bunch of school kids studying in a catholic school (just like I did), and the main character is interested in music (just…