The Unforgettable Tahoe Experience!

———————————————— This post is dedicated to my dear friend Dr. Sangat Sumit Singh Sohal, who unselfishly and bravely helped save my life. May God help him cruise through his MLEs very soon! ———————————————— Like a pencil searching madly for a paper, I have felt this unstoppable urge to write over the past couple of days. [...]

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The Trip, Ideally Planned (Part 1)

Psycho: “… abe tu iss weekend Chicago aa ja. Wisconsin chalte hain.” (come to Chicago this weekend, and let’s go to Wisconsin) Me: “… wahan kya hai?” (What is there?) Psycho: kuch nahi, bas ghoomenge aur doston se milenge (we’ll go around, catch up with (undergrad) friends) Me: You go ahead. I want us to [...]

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This Friday Dinner

The menu:1. yubu chobab , cooked by Sangah (Korea)2. fried tofu, seabelt with carrots, cooked by Jun (China)3. rajmah, cooked by Sangameshwarand4. chhole, naan, paranthe, courtesy yours truly Jun tries in vain to teach us how to pronounce Chinese stuff, until she decides to write it down in plain English syllables for us And they [...]

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Now that I have my Toy

I can click!And show you a little bit of Philadelphia… This is where I live…Spring is around… I know it isn’t tidy, but this is exam time…And I should better be studying!

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Grass on the Other Side (Part 2) – Cooking Bhindis in a Carnivorous Society

This article was also published in the JAM magazine, Mumbai. “All residents, this is an emergency. Please vacate your rooms immediately, and come to the ground floor through the staircase. Do not use the elevators. I repeat: do not use the elevators.” Everyone rushed to the staircase – people in their pajamas and slippers, girls [...]

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The US Experience – Grass on the Other Side (Part 1)

This article (with slight editing) was published by the JAM magazine, Mumbai. Imagine spending four years on a campus where black-bucks outnumbered the number of girls in your class… And suddenly, you’re in the middle of salsa classes where guys are only a small minority. This is a big change for you, since you’re not [...]

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Chindian Dinners

It is interesting when three engineering students from different countries are discussing global policy. “I wish there were a small terrorist attack on China. The powerful Chinese government would get so angry that it would wipe off terrorism across the world”, I joked. “And they would also give all the information that the US needs”, [...]

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An Evening with Penn Sargam

Although a deadline of the qualifier looms around my neck, I think the Friday evening was very well-spent at the Penn Sargam concert. They’re a group of Penn students who perform Indian classical music. From the Mughal to the Western, they traced in various influences and gave us a beautiful exhibition. The concert was held [...]

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Ice-cream in the Deep-freezer

The quantum physics assignment stretched till 5 am, and I packed my stuff to return home for some sleep. As soon as I stepped out of the department building, my cheeks felt a chilling breeze rub across, agonizingly cold. There was no one on the road. Dim lights near the block footpath. Only a couple [...]

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And it Snowed at Penn…

shaayari, khayalon kimehez ik tasveerhi to hoti hai.kyon dekhoon use,jab nazaara khudaankhon ke saamne khada ho? ———————-18 Jan, 2007.

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