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Kumano Kodo: My search for connections

Getting ready for my first trip to a country I know I will keep going back to.

Feb 19, 2024

Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

Feb 19, 2024

Nameless Names: Obscure Identities in a Country with One Name but Countless Microcosms

Rani or Queen is an Indian name that transcends religions and castes. Many a time it’s an alias, a cover-up to not stand out as an…

Feb 4, 2024

Nameless Names: Obscure Identities in a Country with One Name but Countless Microcosms

Feb 4, 2024

An Unexpected Closure

It wasn’t me. It’s not about me.

Aug 12, 2023

An Unexpected Closure

Aug 12, 2023

Childhood Chronicles

Sep 23, 2022

Sep 23, 2022

Food Nostalgia-Part 2

Series of short essays centered around memories of food and eating out in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and last 10 years in California

May 8, 2022

Food Nostalgia-Part 2

May 8, 2022

Festivals of India

Childhood memories and musings

Mar 21, 2022

Mar 21, 2022

Let’s Talk Divorce

An Indian perspective on marriage, divorce, compulsions and redemptions

Feb 9, 2022

Feb 9, 2022

The Great Indian IT story

“U.S residency, a Software job (with prospects of U.S residency), a lot of family property. You need at least one of these to get married…

Dec 20, 2021

Dec 20, 2021

Desensitized to inequity

Its’s not just a coping mechanism but a way of life for me. It’s time I stop gloating over my thick-skin lest it’s mistaken for callousness

Dec 19, 2021

Dec 19, 2021

Spiritual Utopia

Basically, in the last couple of years with more disposable resources and spare time at hand, my quest for self-actualization has also…

Dec 12, 2021

Spiritual Utopia

Dec 12, 2021

Rija Bano

Rija Bano

Stories, reflections and random thoughts from the perspective of a woman traversing cultures and places

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