When I woke up today, something felt different about Bangalore. I knew it was Monday, but for me it has always been just another day. There was an air of calmness, an oasis of serenity, the smell of earth. I had a little breakfast and got ready for the office. And then I received a call from my sister. We talked about the usual stuffs, the life, the family, the friends, the school and all this made me a bit nostalgic. On the way, a song from Dirty Picture (never watched it though!) was playing on the radio. I changed it to something more soothing - by then I was lost in the thoughts. I remembered how far I have come from everything. I thought about the family, the friends, the lost love, where everyone else is, what everyone else is doing - in the grand scheme of all things it made me feel timid. For a moment, everything looked pointless. Life appeared to be so cruel and different from anyone else. But then it struck me. I realized that this is the life. It's tough, it's h...

One fine morning - on way to our office, with winter approaching, morning breeze getting cooler and the usual pleasant weather in Bangalore, I was having random discussion with my friend about work, life and things in general. The usual stuffs! But then he said immaculately,  which stuck in for few minutes - You can do a startup, you can't tell a girl? I will first talk about the former here - how all it happened :) Back in 2011,  I had just returned from intern and I thought this was a good time to start working on a project of own which really interests me and in which I can learn new stuffs. My experience with Amazon was not very good, and I was somewhat dissatisfied with how people in big organization work. It's not much better in Google India either. I knew right then that I would most probably join a good startup with small team and the way I have been working in IMG with a closely knit group made this decision easier. After completing the GSoC project i...

It has been over a month since I wrote this draft. But somehow I forgot about it in the daily activities of a kindled life where waking at 8 am doesn't hurt much! But before you start reading, I must say I do miss college sometimes. Almost everyone does. Sep 27, 2012 Last few weeks have been bit idylic for me. Things have seemed to start falling into place. And as I turn my gaze from the black terminal filled with characters to the right side of my table where I put a table-calendar, I am surprised to see September 10th on it. But it’s almost the end of this month and I haven’t noticed. Days have passed in a breeze. And my college life is almost over! Yeah. As much as I am excited, I am getting nostalgic. As much as I am ready to move on, I know I will long for this place. As much as I want to do what I love to do, the college days will always be redolent for me. Whatever and wherever I will be, I will always be grateful to these four odd years of college life. I have curs...