Akshay N R
blogs from Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Latest posts by Akshay N RWhen I made my New Year Resolutions for 2020, I obviously did not incorporate the impacts of the upcoming pandemic into them. My resolutions weren't even that fancy to begin with. It had all the usual suspects in them - eat healthy, work out more, write more, read more, travel more, etc. Those were...
Posted on 11 May 2021 | 2:55 pm
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Back in 2016, prior to the US elections, I listened to a US radio show where a truck driver had called in to share his confidence that Trump would win based on how many more Trump yard signs he saw across America compared to Clinton. I remember laughing at his 'insights' and conclusions - being ...
Posted on 31 October 2020 | 5:25 pm
Read postThis is the Third post On Gujarati Food. Find the rest of the posts here. Perhaps the first thing most native Bangaloreans will mention when asked about Gujarati food would be the Dhokla. It was literally the ONLY thing I knew about Gujarati food until I met my wife. Gujarati Food = Dhokla. Period.
Posted on 14 October 2020 | 6:03 pm
Read postBut the man who he thought was his father was not done yet. He continued, "You know what you are? You are just a pathetic coward! Why don't you just accept that? And you know something else? You are not just a coward. You are a nobody. Wanna know why? I will tell you why! [...]...
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 5:57 am
Read postSamir thought about all those times in his childhood when his mother shouted at him for asking when he would see his father again. He remembered how he had spent everything that he had got on his 19th birthday to track down where his father was held just because his mom would never talk about [...]...
Posted on 14 March 2010 | 5:55 am
Read post"Where are we going?" Samir's dad asked him. Samir looked at his watch and said, "Its pretty early in the morning. How about some breakfast?" His dad looked at him without expression for a few moments and said, "I have had my breakfast." There was some awkward silence for a few minutes. Samir had no...
Posted on 15 February 2010 | 12:40 pm
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