Monthly Mood: India Continues To Prove That I Don’t Know Shit About Life

Why haven’t I been doing this? My friend Victor creates this beautiful website and keeps it running every time I cry of technological crisis and I’m not putting out at least once a month? [su_spacer size=”30″] [su_spacer size=”30″] Monthly Mood: India Continues To Prove That I Don’t Know Shit About Life [su_spacer size=”30″] My signature… Read More

Meena The Parantha Queen

Once upon a time a Punjabi boy visited Manikaran, a holy hamlet of India that was especially venerated by followers of Sikhism. When the boy was hungry he found a local tea stall. He bit into the steamy, crispy layers of a stuffed flatbread and his life was transformed forevermore. [su_spacer size=”30″] [su_spacer size=”25″] Love… Read More

I’ve Reached The Light But I Preferred The Tunnel

A much needed trip update on the self-growth and life lessons of 189 days spent in COVID-19 lockdown. [su_spacer size=”30″] [su_spacer size=”30″] When COVID-19 had international borders sealed shut and I committed myself to India, I surrendered all notions of having plans. I opted to not go back to my birth country and instead chose… Read More

A Poem From Silence

Day 814 1 May 2020 [su_spacer size=”25″] No markets openNo new food. India’s lockdown is no jokePolice scoot byCanes ready to prod and poke. Foreigners can’t walk on the streetsSome folks look at me rude. Whatever they seeIt doesn’t matter to meI choose to be free. This hostel is my ashramRaama RaamaHare Raama. Inhale energyExhale… Read More

10 Reasons To Go Bald This Summer

For those considering a full shave of their own, and to those questioning my mental stability or degree of boredom, here are ten intentional reasons to grab that razor and get depilated. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] To read about my real-time emotions and the immediate aftermath of shaving my head, see my related post Bald… Read More

Bald And Balder

As the razor buzzed, I entered that zone of intense adrenaline that can only be accessed by departing my comfort zone. The recollection of these vulnerable moments are comparable to the memory of receiving my tattoo. [su_spacer size=”40″] [su_spacer size=”40″] For a while I had known that 2020 was the year to shave my head.… Read More