Category: Musings

  • Bitten by the writing bug – after the pandemic break

    Two years of global pandemic and many procrastinations later here I am again. Last I wrote something here was right before the world got shut down thanks to the Coronavirus. While people baked bread and grew a garden and published their daily lives on social media, while I did them all, I stayed away from…

  • 24 hr stadium run: 18 hrs of running + 6 hrs of drama!

    24 hr stadium run: 18 hrs of running + 6 hrs of drama!

    Disclaimer: If this inspires you to run a 24hr stadium, I am not responsible for whatever happens to you or the pain you will have to endure. (FYI, I was an idiot to take up this challenge.) The cardinal rules of running in races:Rule #1: Never race if you are not physically and mentally fit…

  • Goodbye 2019… Hello 2020!

    Goodbye 2019… Hello 2020!

    Here we go! Curtains down for 2019… A crazy year for me… From the ups to the downs to the ups and then down again; the year gave me mixed emotions and trained me to be an ultramarathoner! 4700 km in 2019! Even I was surprised… Looking at the highs; Mumbai was good to me,…

  • It’s September… Time for Another Runcation…

    It’s September… Time for Another Runcation…

    It’s September! My international marathon and ‘runcation’ time… Landed in Sydney this year for Sydney marathon… Though I am not expecting a PR or anything (too many twists and turns), I am hoping for a good run! The weather will be great and I have a good amount of training under my belt! As usual,…

  • 2018! What an year of running!

    2018 was my best year yet in running! It was the year of my first sub-4 full marathon (followed by two more of the same) and my first ultra marathon! I had at least one activity everyday throughout the year; running or walking (I walk at least 2km on my rest days) making it a…

  • My 2018 reading list

    Already on the first weekend of 2018, and I have a reading list for 2018. Every year I take up a reading challenge which includes one book series and few other books. ‘Few’ maybe 8 to 10 books. This year, I thought I’d change up the challenge a bit, making it a real ‘challenge’. So,…

  • Tomorrow….

    Everybody has a reason to look forward to tomorrow… a person or persons or things waiting may be… Everybody has a reason to believe today will be outlived tomorrow… a plan may be… Everybody has hope…. people have hope…. their lives are built on hope that tomorrow comes with a new life… a better life….…

  • Cold, freezing and lost in Fog!!!

    I always thought i am a winter person than a summer one. Have been waiting for the winter once the Delhi temperature started rising in May… Delhi summer is long and tiring and depressing…. anyone will long for Winter to stay longer here… But, this  year the winter has been so erratic it is now…

  • Home, new home…

    Finally, I am back to my space… After a phase of uncertainties and confusion, Delhi again…  So from West Delhi, to Gurgaon and now to East Delhi; the city is not leaving me…. I can proudly say, I have the many painful phases of shifting successfully: The tedious house hunting phase – check Moving the stuff…

  • Perseverance!!!

    Perseverance/pəːsɪˈvɪər(ə)ns/noun            persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success Read the following snippet from ADULTERY (Paulo Coelho) few weeks back: A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks:“Aren’t you tired of waiting?”“Yes,” answers the rose, “but if I close my petals,…