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.
24 Hours in Mumbai: A Night of Travel, India and the Value of Time
Recently, I had the chance to pass through Mumbai for 24 hours. I took Etihad, and the 14-hour flight was ultra comfortable because I slept as soon as I got into the flight at Atlanta and watched two brain-rot movies before they told us we were landing at Abu Dhabi. I...
The Modern Charm of Vintage Rome: A Journey Through Historic Rome
The Modern Charm of Vintage Rome We arrived in Rome at 8 in the morning one day and stepped into a beautiful early-morning hush of a city that’s already centuries old. The airport has a grand name and the gorgeous Vitruvian Man plastered above the baggage claim...
My Wishlist of Wonder: The Wild, Weird & Wonderful Places I Want to See – II
Creating a Wishlist of Wonder I want to travel to every corner of the globe and see it with my own eyes. I want to wander into places and homes that will expand my world view and help me understand how others are sustaining the daily grind. I love seeing how...
Dropped My Heart in the Middle of the Canadian Rockies: Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Beyond
Wild. Vast. Canada. The land was ours before we were the land’s. ~ Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist When I visited the spectacular Canadian Rockies, time stood still for me. The turquoise lakes framed by jagged glaciers, the silver-tipped mountains,...
Brown Eyes on America: A Fiction Anthology of Indian American Women
Fiction: On Life, Love And Our Desires I am a teller of stories and therefore an optimist, a believer in the ethical bend of the human heart, a believer in the mind's disgust with fraud and its appetite for truth, a believer in the ferocity of beauty. So, from...
LIVE 🚨 | Moms, Close That Tiktok Tab | What In The World – Live With Rachana | Ep 15
- Background Once upon a time, I had created a Youtube series called: What In The World By Rachana, where we can travel around the world together to see what’s happening and if there’s anything to learn from what we see and hear. Unfortunately, I lost the...
Kareena at Saqqara: A Mistaken Identity Lands Me a 1000 Camel Trade
Saqqara is an ancient necropolis, the city of the dead, that's an hour from Cairo depending on how enthusiastically your driver and tour guide interpret Egyptian road rules. Our first stop was the tomb of the Royal scribe Kagemni, a tall handsome Egyptian man, who...
The Memoir Industrial Complex: Fraud, Fabricated Heroes and the Business of Personal Mythology
When the Hero Story Is a Lie Kids, close your eyes and ears. Fraud might be the only way to fame. Whenever I discover fraudulent writers or phony people who become celebrities through public deceit, my blood boils. And my 17 year old, who shares a working table...
My Wishlist of Wonder: The Wild, Weird & Wonderful Places I Want to See – I
Creating a Wishlist of Wonder I want to travel to every corner of the globe and see it with my own eyes. I want to wander into places and homes that will expand my world view and help me understand how others are sustaining the daily grind. I love seeing how...
విజేత దృక్పథం – Winner’s Mindset: Keep Going, Trust Yourself & Never Give Up (తెలుగు)
A few years ago, when I was in the middle of a tough entrepreneurial journey, my mother, Anuradha Nadella wrote this to me one day. It keeps my head above waters whenever I read it. చిన్నీ, ఆరు నెలలుగా నీతో ప్రయాణం చేస్తున్నాను. నీ ఆలోచనలు, ఆందోళనలూ...
ఆక్రోశం (Aakrosham): Mothers in Crisis – Children, Mental Illness and the Failure to Protect
It Was a Cold Day in January I don't know how else to title this post other than with the Telugu word for unbearable anguish. It is taking everything in my power to write this. Callan was "the happiest, sweetest and easiest baby" that his nanny had ever taken...
The Algorithmic Housewife: Tradwife Culture, Freedom and Feminism
A few years ago, my elderly neighbor, who was like a grandma to me, told me about her life. She was a mom to 5 boys, well boys to her, as they were as old as my dad at that point. She would give me the occasional life advice when we met in our yard and bring home made...
Lake Minnewanka, Banff: Submerged Villages, Mountain Goats and a Full Moon
I saw Lake Minnewanka last week, and its silence shook me. This glacial lake in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, is breathtaking, with its dramatic mountain views and kayakers and canoeists gliding across the water. But sitting at the edge of its waters and...
My Gym Motivation Is Watching Other People Work Out — Until They Start Talking
One of the recurring themes of my daily life is that I think about the gym. A lot. Mostly while binge watching fitness and stomach crunches shorts on YouTube or doom scrolling reels on Instagram. Watching them gives me a tremendous amount of motivation. To watch more...
What’s on Atlanta’s Mind? I Found the Answer in a Local Art Gallery
Because art sustains my life, I sometimes go see it just to show my solidarity with it. And, of course, because art gallery pictures make for an excellent social media scroll. What’s more, visiting places like these makes me look and sound like a thoughtful person,...
I Walked on a Melting Glacier and Came Face to Face With Climate Change
The toe of the Athabasca glacier is the wildest thing I've seen in the wild. The "toe" is the name given to the receding edge of the Athabasca Glacier, which flows down from the massive Columbia Icefield in the Canadian Rockies of Jasper National Park in Alberta,...
Brown Eyes on America: Stories, Essays, and Fiction from an Indian American Life
On Life, Love And Our Desires I am a teller of stories and therefore an optimist, a believer in the ethical bend of the human heart, a believer in the mind's disgust with fraud and its appetite for truth, a believer in the ferocity of beauty. So, from my point...
I’ve Got FIFA Fever. Just Not The Kind You Think I Do.
If you've got the FIFA Football fever, you've probably watched the Argentina vs Austria match where Messi broke the World Cup goals record for most career goals in World Cup. And so many other energetic games that are being played across USA, Canada and Mexico over...