The story of travel businesses run by shady travel agents and incompetent call centers. — The life of an immigrant is no fun, even though it appears to be fulfilling, prosperous, and filled with happiness for many natives of the country. …

A promise never made in Sandy Hook is the promise that Americans kept in Uvalde — The American Government and lobbyists never committed to banning assault rifles after the Sandy Hook tragedy. The American public kept the promise to legally hand over an assault rifle to a mentally ill person just after his 18th birthday in Uvalde. …

It’s all about asses. Readers discretion advised — I was in my usual pandemic morning WFH hours while it is still peaceful and serene at home. Our Ninja kids were still sleeping off their summer vacation hours. I heard my wife talking over the phone in the other room. She showed up in front of my office room…

Don't get pissed off by opinions that are not yours. — It was an early October evening in a Texas Sports bar in 2016. Five people are seated at different tables, but they all have something in common — a sense of dissatisfaction on their faces. Their lives didn't turn out well post the great recession in 2008. Chrissy, a white…

A much-needed safe group event during COVID — A year is just passing in front of our eyes just like that with minimal human activities, interactions, and more stress and fear from the start of this pandemic. I was stuck at home indefinitely with my line of work that can be entirely done remotely. …

To err is the real human. — The people I am less attracted to are people who seriously believe that they are always right. Every human being has a degree of ego factor, which is usually fine. But possessing higher levels of surety about their opinions is a worse form of the human ego. …

How beauty in the eyes of the beholder got influenced by colorism — In human minds, white skin gets the center stage, and the dark skin gets sidelined. I got raised in a culture where dark skin color is rarely considered good-looking. A society that even promoted dark-skinned men to use fairness cream or talcum powder. Our older generations created this social stigma…