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Hello friends, Happy Dalit History Month, and advanced Bhim Jayanti! (Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday is on April 13) I'm caste-privileged, and I wanted to write to you this week some snippets from my own story of actively interrogating my own and my ancestors' role in the
Hello friends, This week, I welcome folks who were subscribed to my now archived creative writing newsletter on substack that I started years ago and published very little in. Thank you for sticking with me, and welcome 🌈 A week ago I went to the aquarium in Toronto for the first
poetry
(citation: title phrase borrowed from Murray Bookchin's Utopia not futurism lecture, 1978) Hello friends, How are you this eclipse week? I am wrapping up a Creative writing through reading class I've been taking, and preparing for a short workshop I'm offering on Neurodiversity at
Hello friends, Happy Dalit History Month, and advanced Bhim Jayanti! (Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday is on April 13) I'm caste-privileged, and I wanted to write to you this week some snippets from my own story of actively interrogating my own and my ancestors' role in the
Hello friends, This week, I welcome folks who were subscribed to my now archived creative writing newsletter on substack that I started years ago and published very little in. Thank you for sticking with me, and welcome 🌈 A week ago I went to the aquarium in Toronto for the first
(citation: title phrase borrowed from Murray Bookchin's Utopia not futurism lecture, 1978) Hello friends, How are you this eclipse week? I am wrapping up a Creative writing through reading class I've been taking, and preparing for a short workshop I'm offering on Neurodiversity at
I went on vacation to Málaga with my partner for ten days earlier this month. On moonlit nights, I walked along the beach shores. I listened to the Mediterranean foam and gush, entranced. I miss the sounds of the ocean when I'm in my lake-surrounded-city-dwelling. The beaches were
What I didn't expect when I got on the transition train
awkward laughter, necessary tears and cozy pics await your inbox:
Hello friends, Turns out we share a love of the TV show Scandal, more than one of you reached out to me to tell me you loved it too! I remember watching it for the first time, in February 2014 when I had first arrived in Turtle Island from Chennai,
I went on vacation to Málaga with my partner for ten days earlier this month. On moonlit nights, I walked along the beach shores. I listened to the Mediterranean foam and gush, entranced. I miss the sounds of the ocean when I'm in my lake-surrounded-city-dwelling. The beaches were
and hello, it's been too long! Hello friends, Happy Lunar new year! (It was on Jan 29 2025). Let us welcome the year of Yin Wood Snake (citation: Daria, Red Rabbit Astrology, Yin Wood Snake forecast). How are you? I’ve been grateful for the news of the
When we are privileged
What I didn't expect when I got on the transition train
And you are invited
'unprofessional' is a trap
People skills for tech leaders
A workshop, a new site, and values
I left my full time engineering manager job a month ago to build my practice, Kolam Coaching. I planned to take a 2 week break before diving in full time into being the boss of my own business. It has been a month, and I’ve been working on my
A love poem for the tired and cramped soul
An invitation
