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 – A Camping Story: Embracing Mother Nature To Find Ourselves
- 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 – At Home in America: Secrets to Embracing the American Lifestyle and Culture
- Cold weather pronounces thoughts of my home. I want home to be my one breathtaking world. After all, most times, I am confident enough to navigate around with my eyes shut. It's my library, my hospital, my school, my bakery and mostly my therapist. This is...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian-American Mom with a Pizza Predicament
- - On any given Friday night you will see me putting my van into gear, family in tow, first stopping at the video store, then at the pizza place and finally making a "drive through" stop at the package (please read liquor) store. After getting...
10 Irresistible Reasons You Must Visit Puerto Morelos Mexico (Travel Guide & Hidden Gems)
People vacation at the El Cid all-inclusive resort for 250$ a night, while locals live on 2$ a day in the fishing village of Puerto Morelos. In the December of 2017, vacationers read books like Gone Girl, Wonder, Origen, The accident, And after the fire, See me,...
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 – Hebrew 6:19 – Hope Is The Anchor To The Soul
- A boy, who doesn't seem to be 10 yet, comes and asks me for my phone at Barnes and Noble. I look at his bald head and wonder silently, "childhood cancer?" Its little over 8pm on Thursday evening and I'm sitting with my 8 year old reading about Anne Frank's...
Writer-At-Large – The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Thursday
- Starring:Dad, mom (me), nanamma (dad’s mom), Boys – 12 year old Ky and 8 year old Moksh. - Continued from Wednesday - Thursday I copy hand written notes of a book called Belle Cora onto the computer wondering all the while if I...
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...
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