Lifestyle
Posts from the lifestyle category.
All That We Carry — Sameer Gudhate on the Stories We Hide Beneath Everyday Life
Some books leave your hands the moment you finish them. Others quietly move into your bloodstream, resurfacing unexpectedly — while waiting at a traffic signal, overhearing strangers argue in a café, or lying awake at 2 a.m. wondering how much of yourself the world has slowly negotiated away.All That We Carry by Abhinav Kumar belongs firmly in the second category.What stayed with me most was not a...
Rainy night
Reposting something I wrote 18 years ago. Funny how one can see more when they know less. It's raining.The streets are empty, except for the occasional cow running for shelter and a car going by, honking continuously in spite of an empty road. Another car pulls in the driveway of a nearby building. While it is backing up,the red taillight and the blinking yellow side indicator are giving momentary...
Power to the people
Metal belongs to its fans, its people. And no one else, emphatically no one else, gets a say. Thats not to say that there arent people who are musically qualified to speak on this. But they would ultimately bear testament to the power of the riff. The tribe speaketh.
When Stillness Starts Speaking: Sameer Gudhate on Finding Yourself in The Yoga Odyssey
There’s a quiet moment that comes before you begin anything new — not dramatic, not cinematic — just a small pause where you ask yourself, “Will this actually change something in me?” I found myself in that exact space before opening The Yoga Odyssey: An Ordinary Man’s Quest to Uncover the Divine Mystery by Vino Mody. Not expecting transformation. Just hoping for clarity.What unfolded wasn’t a gra...
Metal Media
As a metalhead from India, finding good Indian metal bands, nascent or weather worn, got easier for me. Thanks to this channel. May the metal grow. Especially as the elements that fuel metal have been growing uncontrollably.
Chapter 22: The Quiet Yes.
It was a little past noon when Adrian stepped out of his cabin.“Can I have everyone for five minutes?” he said, his voice calm but carrying enough authority to gather attention.Chairs shifted. Conversations paused. The team slowly came together.Kaia looked up from her screen, curious.Adrian stood near the center, hands loosely folded.“We’ve had a good week,” he began. “The Westbridge project was i...
Sameer Gudhate on The Perfumist of Paris: When Memory Finds Its Fragrance
There are some stories that don’t end when the plot does… they linger like a scent you can’t quite name, but can’t forget either.That was my experience with The Perfumist of Paris by Alka Joshi.Not because it overwhelms you with drama.But because it quietly settles into your senses — layer by layer — until you realize you’re not just reading Radha’s life… you’re inhaling it.Set in 1970s Paris, the...
