On the night of 15th April, I was busy tracking the progress of two of my friends who were running the Boston Marathon. Now Boston Marathon is the magnum opus of the running community — you need stupidly competitive times to qualify. For example in my age group, I’d need to run a 3.05 full…

This girl in my apartment block keeps running in the morning. I used to see her plodding along six months back, I still see her now. She’s a kid. Well she must be about ten years old.

When I generally see her, she has her shoulders screwed up, her face tucked down and doing a steady jog inside my…

We shared a joke & some glances,

Might have even exchanged glasses.

We shared some stories,

Of my travels, and her studies.

I showed her the stars in the sky, &

downshift: verb; way of living

to leave a job that is well paid and difficult in order to do something that gives you more time and satisfaction but less money

This was written on 22nd February up at anywhere between 30–40k feet in the air, hanging somewhere between Mumbai and Kolkata.

I am writing this in the middle of a flight.

The flight to my home town, followed by another tomorrow morning to the shores…