Memories of an American Life – 4 years in Chicago
Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive between Diversey & Fullerton – part of my fave running stretch — till Navy Pier (Pic: courtesy flickr.com) I originally wanted to start a post called “Ten little things I...
View ArticleBangalore Calling
Cubbon Park, Bangalore (circa 2009) – Pic courtesy thehindu.com (Someday this post shall be completed. Until then, here’s a relevant comment thread between me and a New Jersey Indian American woman...
View ArticleGurgaon Growling
Gurgaon at night (Pic: courtesy flickriver.com) I wrote this post in my head in June 2008 shortly after my 2-week reconnoisance trip to India before the big move. Thanks to the growing list of...
View ArticleA year in Bangalore – the unwritten blog posts
Pic: courtesy elbo.ws We hit our ‘one year anniversary in India’ on India’s Independence Day – Aug 15, 2009. A few months ago, we toyed with the idea of throwing a party and invite all our friends (old...
View ArticleThe Art of Returning to India
If you’ve previously visited the blog, you may have noticed that the blog title used to be Return to Accustomed Earth. It was a play on Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories – Unaccustomed Earth....
View ArticleWhy we are in India (Bollywood Inspired Version)
Movies were never a dominant part of my entertainment. It’s not that I dislike them – it’s just that there always seem to be more interesting things to do. It’s thus a tad bit ironic that I found...
View ArticleVizag Boy Returns Home After 15 Years in Northern Virginia/DC Area
For Part 3 in this series, I bring to you an interview with Srinivas Savaram. Srinivas is my friend from Rejuvenate India Movement volunteering days (circa 1999) – I later learned that he was my senior...
View ArticleOur Return Ticket 16 Years Later
[Editor's Note: After an extended silence in the R2IProfiles category, I bring you an interview with a recently returned (to India) fellow blogger, Vasantha Gullapalli. Most of the answers below are...
View ArticleEast or West, Is Home Really the Best?
[Editor's Note: For the 5th voice in this series, I bring you a guest post from Roona Ballachanda who describes herself on her India Repat blog as thus: "After seven years in the United States, I...
View Article4 years of blogging!
Pic: courtesy rodrigues.se Yup – 4 years! To celebrate my 4-year blogging anniversary, I migrated my WordPress-hosted ulaar.wordpress.com blog to ulaar.com. I’m sure it’s an event the blogosphere’s...
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