Category: Experience
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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…
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Day 2, Be a Tiger
Hey there! So, it’s Day 2 of my American adventure, and guess what? Still haven’t given my mom a ring to let her know I made it here in one piece. It’s already halfway through the day. (Do you need to fill in on the crazy first 24+ hours I’ve had so far? Let me…
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Everything will be OK, or will it?
Solitude in an Empty Room: A First Night in America” (if you like to know how my morning and afternoon went – start reading from the Top) The sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows on the bare walls of my new apartment. Exhaustion clung to me like a heavy cloak, a testament to…
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Couch…that thing you sit on.
Well, I am still on Day 1. I promise I will write about something else soon, but Day 1 in America was so jam packed of events that I could never forget that day in my life. (Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my journey as I landed in Greenville and came to Clemson,…
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Getting to Clemson…
Welcome to America, Mandar – Part deux! If you have not read the part 1 – please read that first, to get the full story 🙂 So, I hung up the red phone and went back to my waiting place. I almost avoided talking to the lady out of feeling of embarrassment. Strange yet true.…
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Welcome to America, Mandar – Part 1
On a hot summer day in August of 1999 (Aug 2nd to be precise), I stepped off the plane in Greenville, South Carolina with a mix of excitement and nervousness bubbling within me. 3 long flights, Mumbai to Paris, Paris to Cincinnati and finally, Cincinnati to Greenville, South Carolina inching closer to my final destination,…
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A Visit to Gateway Arch National Park!
A quick pictorial recollection of memories of a visit to Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, MO (Aug, 2023)
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