http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39869009

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R.I.P. Robert Miles. Recorded his music from the radio player using TDK and Sony cassette tapes. Bought his albums. Listened to his songs and listened to children a hundred time during my school days in my 90s. His tracks played on my walkman and I kept listening in a loop his tracks on my train journeys from my college in North India to Kolkata, India starring out of the window of standing on the footboard of the open compartment exit door of the moving train.

Sleep and my ambition

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Not sure of the amount of toxic waste my brain produces everyday and how it does it take to clean it? I cannot live without an average 8 hours of sleep everyday.

Look at the Napoleons, the Shah Rukh Khans, the Marissa Mayers and the Narendra Modis ruling the world.

Friends – Do I lack fire and passion in my life? Have I stopped being hungry?

Make In India/Buy American Hire American

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Indian citizens living in the US and India who supported Modi and his Make In India pitch and who also –

  • depend directly (either works in the US on an H1-b or aspires to work in the US on a H1-b)
  • or depend indirectly (works in a sector which benefits from H1-bs)

are now tasting their own medicine.

However Modi’s Make In India pitch is wholly about sustaining India’s economic growth while the new US president’s Buy American Hire American (at least the Hire American part) tone reflects not only genuine realizations to create more american jobs but also a certain xenophobia of his support base who voted him to power.

Couchsurfing in Pristina, Kosovo

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oxy_k's avatarSmile in Europe

After having a wonderful experience couchsurfing in Sofia, and not having found any hostels in Pristina, Kosovo, I decided to couchsurf once again. Usually, it’s my personal policy to stay either with girls or with couples. For obvious reasons, I never couchsurf alone with a male-host. Well, guess what? None of the couples or women that I contacted in Pristina were able to host. A guy named Bardh replied to me saying that he’s away in his home town, but that I should get in touch with his roommate, Sabahet, and see if he’d be able to host me. I looked at Sabahet’s profile, the different feedback that other couchsurfers had left about him, and figured that it’s safe to apply some flexibility on my policy.

When I arrived to Pristina, Sabahet met me at the bus stop. His English was very good and he seemed very genuine and friendly…

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