Month: January 2024
-
Speaking with you in your language!
The author, a proponent of digital accessibility, addresses a request from friends and family in India to translate their blogs into Marathi. Despite technical limitations, the author offers a video tutorial on using Google Translate to read the blogs in any language. The audience is encouraged to provide feedback on the effectiveness of this solution.
-
80
My father passed away when he was 52. He would have been 80 today! Yep, Jan 26. His birthday coincides with Republic Day for India. His life was cut short too soon. He deserved to see and enjoy life a lot more, but it was not meant to be. Life is definitely not fair. I…
-
Connections, Overlapping Circles, Eco-system: What?
The post promotes the Hyphenated Homestead Facebook page as a platform for sharing thoughts and engaging in conversations. It emphasizes the value of community, learning from others, and connecting with people on their terms. The author hints at potential expansion to other social media platforms but emphasizes taking it one step at a time.
-
Devachi Krupa
The meaning of these words in English is Blessings from the high-above. Something you are paying tribute to; that you often don’t understand, but strongly believe in. Curious?…Read on! Btw, this is spur of the moment writing, and I love that kind of writing. This is when my best thoughts (best according to me, you…
-
Read Once, but Giggle Twice
Did you first read the title with the word Google in it. Yeah, that happens, but I’ve got a deal that’s even better than googling and finding a chocolate chip in every bite of your cookie – it’s the “Read Once but Giggle Twice” special! Remember the Bollywood blockbuster of academic escapades starring yours truly…
-
Monday Mojo
Picture this: It is Monday morning, pre-COVID times, where we all used to go to office 5 days a week – Yikes! The office is still shrouded in weekend regrets, and the coffee machine is having an intense argument (and ‘heated’ debate) with itself. The weight of weekend indulgences is palpable where the collective groans…
-
It’s all relative!
Brrr! Grab your winter coat and buckle up, folks, because here in St. Louis, the chill is real. I mean, really real. And guess what? It’s about to get even colder tomorrow. But hey, no biggie – we’re seasoned pros at this icy game. We religiously tune in to the morning weather forecast like it’s…
-
Metamorphic Moments
A 5-part story of ‘growing’ happened within first 48 hours in the land of free! Believe it or not, in just 48 hours (or less), I transformed from a wide-eyed dreamer with aspirations of studying in America into a self-reliant man. Who knew adulthood came with such a swift delivery service? Certainly not the curious…
-
Stats, Struggles, and Second Chances
Bollywood Bliss with Statistical Twist – Part 2. If you haven’t read the part 1 yet – please read it here. The story will flow better for you. As the anticipation hung thick in the air, Professor Kelloy, with an air of gravitas, handed back the test results that had the power to redefine our…
-
Billboard Wisdom
This is bit of a detour from my personal narratives so far, for a reason. Read on! Blame WordPress for this quick off-the-track post. Haha! Not really. The motivation behind sharing this little excerpt today extends to the cultivation of writing practice fostered by the daily prompts provided by WordPress, especially for the whole month…
-
Bollywood Bliss with Statistical Twist
So, I’ve noticed my stories have the temporal agility of a ninja on a trampoline. Chronological order is so last season; I’m all about that time-hop life. From the ’90s to the roaring twenties, my narrative is a rollercoaster with a mind of its own. My last post was about Y2K (Dec 31, 1999) and…
Hyphenated-Homestead 