Here I am, wide awake at 2:00 AM like it's 2:00 PM. I think my body is rejecting the idea that I'm anywhere else but America. As always, my most articulate thoughts happen when I'm laying wide awake in bed, in between prayers to get a good night's sleep. And finally when I give up on those prayers and pick up my laptop, my poignant thoughts vanish sometime between the bright light of the laptop screen and scoldings from my mom to just go to sleep. I guess I'll ...

Have you ever had a conversation that starts out mundane and then transforms into something bigger than yourself? These kinds of conversations don't have a finite ending; instead, modern life enforces a kind of superficial one so that you can move on. These are the issues have been around for ages, and will only cease to exist when people find worth in working towards a far-sighted goal. I had a great conversation with one of my fellow interns, whose name I ...

I know what you're thinking. If you're American: "LOL Carpe Diem for Morons" If you're Indian: "OMG, yaar, yolo is like so cool. Let's go live it up!!!" Despite the negative reputation the YOLO has in murrica, YOLO takes on a completely different form here. The primary issue with this adaptation is that Indian people believe in reincarnation...So unless you've reached Nirvana, you're not YOLO'ing anytime soon. At best, I get reincarnated into a wealthier Brah...

"Traveling will change you like little else can. It will put you in places that will force you to care for issues that are bigger than you." - http://goinswriter.com/travel-young/ Read this article. It touches upon a few reasons why if you have the opportunity to travel when you're young, you should do it. Despite the ups and downs, it teaches you more than a steady, solid life back home does. The key points of this article are Adventure, Compassion, Culture. ...

Oh my God. Brokers... Literally the most irritating people you will encounter. It's already known that people say what you want to hear if they're trying to get something out of you. Brokers take it to a whole new level. I should probably define what a broker is in India. Broker (Indian): a sketchy mofo that pretends to know the loopholes behind cheap and high class real estate. They often use adjectives incorrectly and always smile like morons. Yes, ma'am. I ...