SVL 1.14: Atlanta Florida Trip

25th January 2015  Hi everyone, Recently I’ve been working on a few of my own projects apart from the environmental stuff so I’ve been putting this trip update off. [Read More]

SVL 1.9: Palo Alto and Cousins

Two days after that I went to meet a member of TransForm – an organisation that works on improving public transport http://www.transformca.org/landing-page/our-approachbecause one of the events I had previously attended was hosted by them and I had taken a short survey saying I wouldn’t mind being contacted for more information/clarification of my ideas. [Read More]

SVL 1.5: A weekend in Michigan

<p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.3&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavj23_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.6&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcavdy2_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> <p> <img class="aligncenter" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=bc3f134ea3&view=att&th=147c738735f746ac&attid=0.1&disp=emb&realattid=ii_hyqcav8a1_147c7125b21f0304&zw&atsh=1" alt="" width="342" height="456" /> </div> </div> <div class="gmail_default"> This was between meeting a group of Santosh&#8217;s friends for Philz coffee and a walk around the Infinite Loop and meeting more of his friends in Zenny, an Ethiopian restaurant in San Jose. [Read More]

The Relevance of Culture

A conversation with an old friend of mine revealed to me that the word culture is too often associated only with religion and ritualism and dismissed as irrelevant. [Read More]

LOG 4.1: Thoughts on a rainy afternoon

14th September 2013 Hello everyone, I live close to the Uni so my daily space is very small. But recently I have visited my old flatmate Lea in Bremen once for dinner and once for their housewarming party. [Read More]

Feel good links

I’d like to share here some of the interesting links I’ve read recently: This oneis the less covered story about ordinary and good Indian men. After all the nasty stories we’ve read, this comes as a breath of fresh air and points out all the nice qualities Indian man have. [Read More]

Thoughts about going Vegan

I was raised vegetarian and my family has been vegetarian for generations. When I was thirteen or fourteen, my parents told me that since I will be travelling when I get older, I could start getting used to meat if I wanted to. [Read More]

LOG 1.24: Coming home :)

5th August, 2011 This time next week, I will be home. I can’t tell you how excited I am! When I was translating a song which talked about Idlys in one line, /2011/07/29/balailakka-balailakka-lyrics-and-translation-with-end-notes/I looked them up to share an image link for those readers who don’t know what it is. [Read More]

The only way forward

I tend to avoid the news when I can. It upsets me and since I can’t do much about most of those issues far away I satisfy myself by trying to live in the best way I can; compassionately, sincerely and respectfully. [Read More]