Being at a college that kept me academically occupied at more or less every hour of the day, I had to focus my attention towards limited aspects of my personality and interests. I tried to balance academics with other hobbies and passions, but many things took a back s…
Category: Family & Culture
Being Indian
I started this journey with the vision that I would spend most of this year in India, both working and building closer relationships with my family. As you probably know, that didn’t happen. I spent five months in Myanmar and will soon be in Cambodia and Mali for my up…
Holiday Festivities
From living in Myanmar independently, to backpacking in Sri Lanka with my best friends, to bouncing around relatives’ homes in India with family, the past month has given me a taste for the many ways to travel and experience a country. Each time I arrive in a new place…
Friendship Over Time
At this point in my life, I have made most of my friends through school or college. In those environments, I was surrounded by people of my own age, with similar interests, and we were required to spend a lot of time together. We lived near each other and saw each othe…