Family

If you ask my mom about how much I earn or what I do at work, I bet she would have no idea. The only thing she cares about is if I am happy and having food on time. As a kid, when I tell her that I'm sleepy on a day before the exam, she gets me a blanket instead of tea/coffee. The amount of love I receive from her is immense.

Though he did not pursue higher education, my dad made sure that all of us received excellent education. I still remember the moment when he had happy tears at my CMU graduation ceremony. He loves travelling across the world and I love taking him to new places. Whenever I call my dad, his first question would be - “did mom not pick up the phone?”, haha.

Parents and better half are the two crucial people in everyone's life. I am happy that not only my superpower (/some say it God) given parents are the best but also my selection of better half is equally best. Mahitha enjoys my naughtiness, laughs at my stupid jokes and does anything to make me happy. She badly loves ice creams and chaats (sometimes I doubt if she loves them more than me 😜). After our wedding, she moved to U.S.A leaving her family and the place she lived for 24 years behind.

My siblings still treat me like a 10 year old and pamper me immensely (perks of being the youngest one). My elder sister is my go to person when I need to convince anyone in our family (she is the best at it) and my younger sister is my go to person when I need someone to tease. Elder one is a fitness freak and younger one is a cleanliness freak. Almost 80% of my wardrobe is occupied with the clothes either selected or bought by these two sisters. I wish there will be a day in the future when they would treat me as an grownup 😜. Both of them are married to the best husbands my family could ever wish for. My elder sister has a 14 year old daughter who is my second go to person for teasing (which is why she hates me 😜). I talk to her almost every other day.

My brother is one of the smartest minds I ever met. He is my go to person for career guidance and is also one among the persons who strongly believed in me and my talent. I still regret for not following his advice on applying to MIT, Harvard and Stanford. I took my first flight on his salary 😁. My brother is another person my niece hates because he teases her as much as I do 😜. He is married to one other best person our family could wish and they have a year old lovely son who is the most energetic and naughty kid I ever saw. I spend at least 10 mins each day seeing his funny videos and photos.

Countries travelled (Luckily 70% of these are business trips)

• U.S.A (States: Arizona, Georgia, California, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington)
• Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Skye, Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Fort William)
• France (Paris, Grenoble cities)
• Canada (Ontario province)
• Ireland (Dublin city)
• INDIA (My mother land, visited multiple states)

Favorite places

Scotland, Paris and Niagara Falls

Cuisines I tried (I am an Eggetarian)

Indian (Fav!), Ethiopian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Thai, Chinese, French, Moroccan, Italian, Nepalese, Greek, Spanish, Pakistani and Malaysian.

What I do in free time?

• Watch movies and prank videos
• Play badminton
• Hangout with friends
• Sleep
• Think on how to change the world

Things I don’t understand

• Why do people say “I am not trying to be rude/racist/sexist” before they actually make a “rude/racist/sexist” comment
• Why do people post irrelevant captions with their photos? I recently saw a girl’s photo where she was staring at a wall and the caption for it is “Success comes only after failures”. How is she staring at a wall relates to success/failure?
• Why did “PPAP” song go viral?
• Why are only cricketers (in INDIA) and movie stars treated as celebrities and not the people who risk their lives for nation (Army)? I recently read a post about calling movie stars as entertainers and soldiers as heros which I strongly agree with
• Why do I like turning the fan, air conditioner ON and then fully cover myself with a blanket?
• Why do some people ask “How are you doing?” when they really do not expect an answer