Wanderlust Archives

“Where’s the WiFi?” Why City Folks Suck at the Art of Doing Nothing

Chaos works like Isabgol for my thoughts. I am wired to work; chasing deadlines gives me a high that no amount of fresh air from the Aravallis can. Sorry William Henry Davies, I don’t want to stand beneath the boughs (too many mosquitos there.) I’d rather stare at my phone screen than at sheep and cows.

Purba Ray June 19, 2016

Modern Family

Like Father, Unlike Son: Why We Want to Be Nothing Like Our Parents

We millennials bore witness to the lives of our parents and the evaporated dreams they once had. Somewhere between sprouting our first pimple to driving our first car, we went from respecting them for their choices to deciding that that would not be the life we would be living.

Nihal Bambulkar May 7, 2016

Modern Family

Why Can’t Indian Families Let Us Adult In Peace?

When I turned 22, I believed that I would live away from home, revel in my financial independence, and travel across the world, no questions asked. However reality involves my grandparents implying I settle down while they are alive and my mother demanding to know the minutiae of my spendings.

Shreya Ramakrishnan April 1, 2016