How does one narrate their weight loss journey? I have often wondered that. Should it sound inspirational, helping others and motivating them to follow the same steps as I did, or should it sound as close to the truth as possible, replete with facts, and let the facts motivate people…

It’s not every day that one watches a film like The Piano Teacher. The film, based on Elfriede Janek’s novel of the same name, directed by Michael Haneke, and released in 2001, is about a piano teacher’s tumultuous life under the veneer of a cold exterior. …

I went to a Catholic school as a kid. It was a sprawling campus: tall white buildings housing classrooms from grades 6–12, with a statue of St. Francis of Assisi, forever blessing us on the top floor, and an open area that served as the meeting point for assemblies in…

I don’t boast of having a stellar vocabulary. I am always working toward having a better vocabulary, and I think that our choice of varied words not only provides us the confidence to communicate with people better but also it helps us to structure our speech better. …

I am writing this story to serve as a compilation of James Baldwin quotes that are close to me. In many ways, much of his writing is — The Fire Next Time, Another Country, Giovanni’s Room, his essays among others. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in…

The sun suddenly hid behind the clouds. He remembers this path as it gradually steepens, as it had steepened that day, and he had felt that the effort that they were making to walk on that steep path had to count for something. She had described her work — providing…

He checks the weather application on his phone: Sunset at 5:15 pm today. At 4:30 pm, he takes a shower. By the time he takes an Uber for the park, it’s 4:45 pm. The Uber Driver turns around twice and checks if he is wearing the mask — imperative considering…

Last week, one of my colleagues asked me about what my idea of the perfect life was. We were driving in Monterey, California on a sunny morning. …