Sometimes it feels like I wake up in a parallel universe. Everything is fine today. Everything has gone to shit the very next day. We’re all elated today. We’re all dejected the very next day. We have everything that we need today. We have suddenly lost everything the very next day. We lived through the best of the times. But best of t...

Man, Fight, Don't stop, Don't give up. Just, Survive. It's a bad phase, It's a struggle you're dealing with, It's a fight, It hurts, It pains, But it's life. You have to, Survive. It's tough, It's unbearable, It's unpleaseant, It's unkind. But man, You have to survive. It's not easy, It's painful, And it's long, It's unending, It's unn...

हिम्मत खिच रही है, ताक़त कम हो रही है, एक कदम आगे लेना है, मैं ले नहीं पा रहा । लड़ाई तो बस शुरू हुई है, कुछ बातें ख़त्म हुई हैं, कोई बड़ी गाज गिरी नहीं है, पर थकान ऐसी है, की साँस ले नहीं पा रहा । चार सपने थे कुछ दिन पहले, फिर वो तीन रह गए, फिर एक ही बचा, अब उस एक को भी, मैं बचा नहीं पा रहा । कुछ दुनिया खोखली सी महसूस होती है, मन में ...

इतना कुछ नहीं चाहिए, एक घर बना दूँ तेरे लिए, तुझे बड़ा होता देख लूँ, तू अपना रास्ता बना ले, तेरी मम्मी को घर दे दूँ एक, तेरे सपने पूरे कर दूँ, तू कहीं इस दुनिया में अपनी जगह बना ले, तू डर के ना रहे सारी ज़िंदगी । सपने कब बदल गए, पता नहीं, किस मोड़ पे खड़े हुए, पता नहीं। मेरी तो बीत गई, तू जी ले, तुझे महफ़ूज़ रहने के कोने बना दूँ, तू अप...

कुछ ख़ास ज़्यादा ज़रूरी नहीं है, थोड़ी सी बारिश, थोड़ी सी धूप, थोड़ी सी साँस, थोड़ी सी राहत। अपने कमरे में, यूँ ही लेटे रहने की, खिड़की के बाहर, बारिशों के बादल देखने की ख़ुशी मिलती रहे, हल्के मन से, दिन बिताने की तसल्ली मिलती रहे। तकलीफ़ तो कुछ गहरी अंदर हैं, कुछ बाहर भी, पर इतनी लड़ाई कौन लड़े? चार साल रह गये जीने को, बेकार की खिंचाई...

I'm almost 35. In less than a month, I'll be 35. I have been watching a lot of movies and tv-series lately. Not because I've got time. In-fact, I've been busier than ever. There's always something that needs attention now. Kid, family, office, possessions such as car, house whatever. I have learnt how to deprioritize office. I don't re...

Sometimes, it just so happens that you end up watching a movie when you're dreaming. I just want to put it to ink for posterity. -- An oddity in the city He returned home. His clothes are dirty, soaked in red. His body is smudged in red. Is it someone's blood? It's not how he functions. He is a stickler for cleanliness and hygiene. Thi...

Sometimes, it just so happens that you end up watching a movie when you're dreaming. I just want to put it to ink for posterity. -- A monster in the sky I was driving to Mumbai from Pune when a traffic jam near Lonavala stopped me. We were experiencing intermittent rains in our region since yesterday night, but it was non-stop near Lon...

नामी क़दरदान, हाज़िर साहिबान, हमारी ये अर्ज़ी सुनो, उम्र दराज़, गिरामी मेहमान, एक ये दरख़्वास्त सुनो | थाली पे बैठे लोग, बावर्ची भागा उस ओर, हाथ धुलवा दो सबके, अभी मचेगा शोर। है क्या, है क्या, है क्या, है क्या, है क्या? गुश्ताबा है क्या, है क्या, है क्या, है क्या, है क्या? कबाबा ख़ाना परोसा तो, हिसाब ही बदले कुछ, गोश्त है तर्ज़ों पर, च...

I’m worried today. I’ll try to write it out to the world to get a handle on it. But I’m worried. I’m worried because of a stupid woman who has threatened my wife with a legal notice. Why’d she send a legal notice to my wife? Because my wife called her a fraud. Why’d my wife called this woman a fraud? Because my wife ordered some materi...

Just accumulating interesting Elixir resources and reads in one place for future Elixir code smells https://t.co/PFG0d6lVyG Ultimate Elixir CI https://felt.com/blog/hashrocket-ultimate-elixir-to-the-next-level Elixir tips https://github.com/blackode/elixir-tips https://medium.com/blackode/10-killer-elixir-tips-2a9be1bec9be https://mobi...

इक दिन जब आँख खुली, दो नन्हे दाँतो के बीच थी उँगली दबी, तीसरी शरारत जब तेरी पकड़ी, चार दिशाएँ ठहाके लगा के हंसी । पाँच देव, छः मौसम, सात धरती और, आठ ग्रहों का आशीर्वाद । नौ ख़ुशियों की बात, दस पीढ़ियों की सूझ, ग्यारह खिलाड़ियों की बूझ, बारह महीनो के बोल । आज एक साल का है, हमारे भविष्य का श्लोक । -- salil

If you ever land on this page and would want to know what went through my head at different points of time, you can find those blogs here: https://salil.svbtle.com https://thethirdman.svbtle.com http://thinking360degrees.blogspot.com/ https://scientific-art.blogspot.com/ -- salil

I have no idea but my mind is a mess. It's a mess, and it's constant. I wake up, and I see stuff spread everywhere. I don't need so much stuff. I need far, far little of it. I have just so much, that an outsider would say I'm lucky to have everything. A wife. A kid. But honestly, I don't need it. I need loneliness. I need time to think...

Originally written on Svbtle on Nov 23, 2020. On November 22nd, 2020, Jaana Dogan wrote an article about why she left Google. This line from her article summarizes it best: “My time was up for one exact reason. I no longer had no clue what the life outside Google felt like. - Jaana Dogan” I kinda know what she’s saying. You can feel di...

Originally written on Svbtle on July 18, 2019 It’s raining in Pune, these days. Pune, of all the cities I have lived in (in addition to Kanpur, Chennai, Noida/Delhi), gets the most beautiful rains of all. Maharashtra in general gets gorgeous – if, at times, devastating – rains. I’ve been to Tarkarli, which is a few hours away from the ...

It’s been a full month since we landed in Pune. My parents said horrible things to my wife. My wife said horrible things in return. They aren’t on talking terms anymore, so they neglect her from all conversations. She wants their affirmation. I have no idea why. She fights with me everyday on why I don’t fight with them on her behalf. ...

I made it! I’m here! In Pune! So looks like the alternate reality that I got will get me a long and prosperous life. Just that it seems like it’ll be kinda sad and lonely one. But then, isn’t human life all about dealing with sadness and loneliess? -- salil

I’m traveling to Pune on Friday. I fell sick on Sunday. My travel to Pune has been screwed up so many times in the past...that I’m still a tad uncertain right now. If I reach my place in Pune on Friday, then it’ll be a signal from a place or from someone outside this universe. So...I’ll be an Oracle. Here’s what I predict: If I reach m...

As I grow into my marriage, along with parenthood, I have learnt that marriage and family is a total sham. My wife wants to be in good books of my rich parents. My parents richness is a part of why she wants to please them and be in their good books, but that’s not the primary reason for it. Primarily, my parents are manipulative and m...

Before I get started, I'd like to get a few things out of the way. ~ I think The Family Man 2 is way better than season 1. It's in an entirely different league altogether. It's more in the Raj and DK's "Shor in the city" league rather than it's in "A Gentleman" or "99" league. If you have watched all these movies then you know what I'm...

दिन शुरू होते हैं, काम शुरू होता है, कुछ बातें होती हैं, कुछ ख़ुशियाँ, कुछ झगड़े, कई मतलब निकलते हैं, कई कहानियाँ बनती हैं । गलियों में शायद साइकल यूँ ही लेकर निकले थे, शायद कोई अच्छी नयी बात मिल जाती, क्या पता सच ही मिल जाता, न तो सच मिला न बातें, मिले तो पचास धक्के, कुछ कहानियाँ, और दुनिया भर की फ़िज़ूल की बातें। घर भी यूँ घर सा नहीं...

Just throwing it out there. I’m 32 now. I don’t think I’ll last another 10 years on this planet. I’ll be pleased if I do.

Today, I am officially a software engineer. It was a long road. I was having great success with the technical writing gigs. In-fact, one wouldn't be wrong in assuming that I took a massive risk. It is, after all, a movement from being a technical writing specialist to being a software development noob. I was always enticed by software ...

New world, new things. ~ Let’s see how it works!