Sports

The Fear of Falling and the Sound of Music

I started out climbing by bouldering outdoors. A bunch of us were the first generation of climbers in our city and when we started out, 2 years ago, there weren’t any climbing gyms in Chennai. My first lead experience was a year ago. I was invited by a…

The changing face of sporting rivalries

Identifying the tipping point

The worst case scenario (from an Indian perspective) became true. Arch-rival Pakistan beat India, in the final, to win the ICC Champions Trophy.

I got cut from 8th Grade Basketball Tryouts (something similar to Michael Jordan’s story).

Why I Stopped Writing Jokes But Not On Purpose

After the election, I couldn’t write one joke. I had no humorous thoughts at all. Zero. Zilch. Nada. For a comedian, this is not good news. It was as if the Funny Fairy bopped me on the head and said Why are you trying to self-soothe with laughter…