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Shera
For two years, I lived in the Himalayan foothills at a boarding school tolerated by nature. I don’t know anywhere else that has a superior combination of leopard density and wireless download speed. The wilderness was not just on our doorstep but inside our house. Spiders and scorpions the size of s...
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Master of Computer Science
When I wrote my [last blog post](/writing/2022-a-few-seasons-in-singapore) in January 2022, I was starting my Master's Degree in Computer Science at Georgia Tech, and I was 4 months from becoming a father. That I haven't written since then is one measure of how consuming those have both been! Unlike...
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War in Peace
I've never known war. Never did bomb shelter drills in school, never worried about being drafted, and none of my friends have died on the battlefield. This makes me a lucky one, I know, and I'm grateful for how safe my life has been. But from what I've read, heard, and seen about war, I can see a fe...
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Mountains and Temples
For most of monsoon, the walls of fog around us felt a little suffocating. In rare moments, we caught glimpses of India beyond our small community, but most of the time, we stayed on campus and adventured only to the nearest bazaar for errands....
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Modern Friendship
Almost ten years ago, I got an email unlike one I'd ever gotten before. It was from my friend Patrick who had written a personal missive about the recent ups and downs of his life. In a world where people were almost competitively busy, conversations often didn't have the time or space they needed t...
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Call of the Wild
Before college, I had always loved playing outside and fraternizing with the natural world, but only in the past few years have I begun really probing that. Through Pittsburgh Connections and the Explorers Club, I've gone skydiving, rock climbing, caving, horseback riding, hiking, camping, skiing, w...
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D'Artagnan, Atticus, Bond
Fictional characters often have a distinguishing characteristic in a way that real people don't. Whether it's their fatal flaw or their quintessential credo, their lives and experiences are tied to it. So while an individual character is usually not well-rounded enough to be a wholesome role model, ...
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