Today, I came across a self-reflecting quote while listening to the motorcyclist — Shubhabrata Marmar aka Shumi’s YouTube video on PowerDrift. In the video, Shumi talks about prevalent ‘biker culture’ in India and appeals bikers to be more empathetic & benevolent. In his 20min monologue, the following 15sec stood out the most to me — “...

“O goddess-born of great Anchises’ line, The gates of hell are open night and day; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way: But to return, and view the cheerful skies, In this the task and mighty labour lies.” “Do the gods light this fire in our hearts or does each man's mad desire become his god?” “To what crime do you not drive the h...

I’ve a short name — Siba. My birth certificate has a middle name — Siba Prasad Mohanty. When I was fifteen, I was bestowed with immense power. I could change my name. I decided to merge my first and middle name while signing-up for my 10th board exam. Why? Because my teenage spirit thought middle names are lame. So now all my official ...

This is my seventh attempt of starting a blog. This one will be over the Internet forever. Because I want it that way. Others have vanished over time; some will remain anonymous, while rest are scattered over web.