Video Call at 2 AM Because Time Zones Are Colonial
Sprint planning at 2 a.m. because the US team cannot move. My mother asked why I am awake. I said global company. She said global exploitation. Not wrong. I...
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The Accent I Code-Switch Into at Work
On client calls, I soften my Rs and sharpen my consonants. Nobody asked me to. I learned anyway, because in corporate India clarity often means sounding like...
Mumbai Teaches You to Stop Performing Surprise
My cousin from Seattle visited last week and said he could not believe the traffic every four minutes, as though traffic were a surprise development rather t...
The Real India Is Always Right in Front of You
A Mumbai driver argues that India has no single authentic identity — only the continuous, uncontainable present in front of you right now.