I am a software engineer by profession. I love to read, bake, dance and hang out with friends. Trying to write more to capture memories and improve my reading habit.
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I mostly read fiction in 2024 and by the end of it I was looking for a change. While going through Crossword in Indiranagar, Satya saw and suggested this book - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. I am a big fan of Atul Gawande’s writing. Through stories and anecdotes, he makes complicated matters simple and interesting to read. Long back I had read The Checklist Manifesto and Better. They are one of my...
Vivaan is now 5 years old. He is officially not a toddler and is now a kid. So the rapid growth has slowed a little. He is still learning new things at school or at home. But now nothing is as drastic as walking for the first time or talking for the first time or going to school for the first time. We celebrated his 5th birthday in November. I didn’t realize it at the time that my little one is no...
I first got to know about GHC when I was working in my first job at LSI in Minneapolis. Few of my old college friends had attended and posted about it on social media. The idea itself had a different pull. A conference for Women in tech where you get to meet women leaders in your industry was exciting. The Indian chapter of GHC happens in Bangalore and is called Grace Hopper Celebration India. Thi...
Before We Say GoodbyePicked this for a light reading during travel. This follows the same plot as others in the series. Had read Before Coffee Get Cold, earlier this year. Books of 2024 (Set #1)So the theme is around A cafe. This cafe has a chair and any person sitting on it can travel back in time. There are few rules to this time travel. When you go back, you can’t leave the chair.Due to the fi...
The Stationary Shop of TehranPicked this book on our recent visit to Blossoms. It is a love story. The review has a spoiler so don’t read further if you are planning to read the book. It starts really really well. It is a story of a young girl and boy living in Tehran. How they meet on their visit to a stationary store and how their love blossoms in the turbulent times of Iran. At this point I was...
As a kid, I was very sure of my abilities as well as inabilities. I knew I was good at math and knew I was terrible at drawing. I could see that in the speed with which I could solve math problems and also could see it in the horrible color combination I used for modern art class. I don’t know when I started becoming unsure of things that I was so sure about. I recently felt it very strongly when ...
Usually on one day of the weekend we like to go out somewhere. Be it Agara Lake, IDC Kitchen (our favorite dosa place), Lal Bagh Botanical Garden or a simple evening dinner at RMZ. A weekend before Dasara holidays we decided to visit Blossoms Bookstore on Church Street.We were running a little behind the schedule and by the time we came out of the metro station it was past our usual lunch time. Bu...
I think everyone has some special things where they are completely in the moment. For me dancing and coding are those things which give me the ultimate joy of being in the moment. But lets be real, for both it won’t happen right away. You need to invest time to get to that state. When coding, You start by figuring out the problem, brainstorming solutions, thinking about all those tricky corner ca...
Just finished listening to Episode 314: The Life and Times of Jerry Pinto, and it was so good that I had to check out a couple of his books.Em and the Big HoomThis one was a gem. It's kind of based on Jerry Pinto’s own life and revolves around a family of four. There's Em, the mom dealing with mental illness; The Big Hoom, the dad who’s always got it together; and their two kids, the protagonist a...
So, a new friend suggested this book when I mentioned I love fiction. I had a solo trip to Mumbai coming up and figured I'd have some downtime, so I needed a new read. I ordered Sunlight On A Broken Column by Attia Hosain from Amazon, and it arrived just in time, two nights before my trip.I haven't read A Suitable Boy but I did watch the Netflix series, and this book has a similar vibe. It's about...
