When Life Happens, You Write.
When you’re a writer-at-large, you let life happen to you. That way, you let your eyes steal everything that they see, put a spin on it and spill onto paper / machine some “stream of consciousness” kinda cool stuff. And if I am a true writer-at-large, it’s only fair that I must observe, muse and write about it.
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Wednesday
- Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad’s mom), Boys – 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. - Continued from Tuesday - Wednesday I wake up with my hair flying off in the wind and to a screeching sound of brakes before we hit a wall....
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Tuesday
- Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad's mom), Boys - 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. - Continued from Monday - Tuesday I wake up Ky at 7am and he complains that his nada (a rope that's used to hold a petticoat up underneath a...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Monday
- Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad's mom), Boys - 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. - Monday Morning, I kill a cockroach in the sauna at the gym appropriately named, “Crunch”. A Swami (Hindu learned man) is visiting our temple this week in...
Writer-At-Large – The Modern Family and The Marital Adversity
- On Sunday at 4am along the south east coast of India, a woman sleeping next to her 9 month old infant sat up on the berth of a moving train, collapsed on the floor, frothed at the mouth and died. Her husband of 3 years sought help in the next station the...
Writer-At-Large – Once in a While, Listen to Those Throaty Crickets
* One of America's favorite pastimes, primitive camping (add electricity and bathrooms for an extra fee), has turned me into a renegade city dweller. For a couple of days, I remained off the grid, but still managed to snap a few pictures to revisit the place I...
Writer-At-Large – A Krash Kourse on The Kardashians
- Tag line: From the perspective of the Indian-American experience. Below is the quickest way to educate yourself about the most coveted reality family of America. The Kardashian - Jenner family. Bruce Jenner WAS the family patriarch, the dad of some 15 kids....
Writer-At-Large – Teaching the Law of Dharma to the ISIS
- Spoiler alert: This essay is committed to making a point in gravitas, which I have understood can only be done by not expressing myself in emojis or the texting slang language. - Dear ISIS, Did you know that irrespective of religion and cultural...
Writer-At-Large – The UBER App and It’s Human Heart Beat
- “I don't really need to go to Church. If I am feeling low, I just pray. What will God do that you can't do for yourself anyway?” Words of wisdom from a 23 year old Haitian-American UBER taxi driver, Ernst. - What would a 40 billion dollar...
Writer-At-Large – The 2014 Indian-American Documentary
- Disclaimer: Dear friends and family, life in 2014 for the Somayajulas has been more than spectacular. In fact, our year has been filled with mind-numbing mundane details. Please accept this heavily exaggerated Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year photo...
Writer-At-Large – When the Indian-American Mom Goes Clubbing
- Google maps reminds me that I am 500 yards from the destination after I have just cautiously taken a left onto a poorly lit gravel parking lot. Night clubs seem to like the appeal of appearing incognito all the while being inherently orgasmic in our thoughts....
Writer-At-Large – What Indian-American moms are really thinking when they watch Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda
- For an Indian-American mom, there are very few things in life more life-changing than the aftermath of watching Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda video. It happened to me two weeks ago on a Saturday, with a couple of YouTube recommendations sitting in my inbox. The...
Writer-At-Large – For an Indian-American, Life is a Layover
- Namaste (Nah-mah-stay)! So, it wasn't really the kind of birthday celebrations I would have nurtured for myself, but come on, why would I have minded spending time with the three most wonderful people I love, my two boys, (one an infant, please note!) and my...
Innocence Is Bliss: The Lost Art of Seeing Life with Childlike Wonder
Our first one has the funniest disposition of all the kids I know.. OK, well, I might be saying this because he is my own.. :) He keeps getting bribed for doing all the things that he is supposed to do anyway! Like brushing his teeth, going to potty, eating his lunch...