Teej Of All Trades

Hello! It's been a while since I last posted here - 18 weeks exactly. Some of you know the real reason I stepped away from the keyboard, but for those who missed it, life took an amazingly good (and chaotic) turn with the arrival of our son Minchu 10 weeks ago. All the time leading up to the birth was spent in parks, walking around the colourful streets of Basavangudi, and spending what felt like...

Hello! I wrote parts of this a while ago. Schedule, perfectionism, and life just got in the way of publishing. Quite a few of you checked in on me during this hiatus, and I'm truly grateful for all of you :) Someone I met once said, "You're the guy who apologises for posting something late", and I don't know where to start apologising from - not just for you the audience, but also myself for letti...

Hello! I'm sorry for going AWOL again. A bunch of you reached out asking if everything is well, and I'm truly touched ❤️ Things were hectic with interviews and festivals two weeks ago. We were in the middle of Shravana - the season for all festivals. We celebrated the arrival monsoons with nagapanchami (mostly to make people aware of snakes in the rain I suppose), we also had a sense of renewal wi...

Hello! Wow, what a fortnight it has been. We ran around and met a bunch of people which kept us on our toes. This is also why I couldn't write this post last week and broke my 10-week streak. I was bummed about it, but I guess life happens. What I thought was a habanero plant, turned out to be a random flowering plant. I caught up with a few friends of mine, went to a dance show, and walked around...

Hello! The past week has been hectic, in terms of geography, again. We were in Mysore for a bit, trying to revive some of our plants (and a very beautiful curry leaf shrub). I had a lot more plans for the week, but things couldn't be executed, and we ended up chilling at home for my partner's birthday. It was fun - we ate churmuri (a snack meal made of puffed rice), got a yummy cake to cut, and sp...

Hello! It's late while I'm writing this. I had an idea to write about all week, but it was daunting to talk about it. An idea of vulnerability, and how it shapes our decisions. It shaped mine most recently by not pushing this newsletter out quickly. Being vulnerable is difficult for anyone. There was a time when I was a lot more brash. I wore my heart on my sleeve - pursued passions on a whim, tol...

Hello! I've been a long-term anime addict. My childhood, of whatever I can remember, was filled with watching anime and cartoons. For a very long time, we didn't have cable and had a black-and-white television set. I used to watch DuckTales and TailSpin , on DD Metro . Many evenings, I used to go to my friend's house to watch cartoons on the Toonami segment on Cartoon Network - Centurions , Dragon...

Hello! This was a good week - we made and ate 16-18 (depending on how you count) meals at home. We did end up slipping and eating outside for a couple of days—a solid B for effort. A dear friend showed me his garden after last week's post, and it's beautiful! I'm looking forward to the day I can live off the land, and become self-sustaining. This has been a goal that's been taking root for years,...

Hello! This week has been slow - mainly because I've been focussing on eating better, and getting back to my exercise routine. I miss running, and the 2-3 week gap has made it a tougher battle to get back. I've also been distracted a lot more this week - by a shiny-object syndrome, which has put me in a pickle for productivity. -Teej Thanks for reading Teej Of All Trades! Subscribe for free to rec...

Hello! Vacationing so hard, that I don't remember what to write about. It's been raining cats and dogs in the South, while I hear the North getting roasted with temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius for days. The summer here touched 40 for a couple of days, which was unbearable, I'm scared to think of that environment for weeks/months! I also hear the kind of devastation that awaits the breadbasket...

Dearest gentle reader! I turned 34 this week. I'm currently in full vacation mode. And yes, I just finished binging Bridgerton season 3. I'm writing this sipping on tea lovingly made by my maava , sitting on the balcony, listening to bird chirps and lorry honks. A theme I've been thinking about has been around reinventing oneself. A conversation from 2019 with a close friend of mine came to mind -...

Hello! Week 3! Birthday week! As a ritual, I spend some time walking down memory lanes to figure out things that have stood out for me - things worth talking about again. While the last year has been mostly about chilling, and doing whatever the reverse of getting burnt out is; the last couple of days have been hectic. Mainly because of operational issues with the business that my wife and I run -...

Hello! I legit didn't realise how the week flew by. It feels like yesterday I wrote the first edition, and I'm here again, writing this today. The feedback from last week has been amazing :) A lot of you loved this format, and I think it's a six (for the cricket lovers here). Thank you! I know I've to work on the audio, and I will. Hopefully, today's podcast version is better. A friend said "Morni...

Hello! This is something new I'm trying to do 😅 (It's a little late for a New Year resolution, but my birthday is a couple of weeks away) This isn't going to be a tech newsletter, but more of a compilation of everything I've been working on, and playing with - be it with food, health, code, or ideas I'm stockpiling in my head. Mostly anything that I've spent some energy on, and something I think...