I live in this city called Ahmedabad in the Western part of India and have now spent more than three decades on this planet. Formerly a journalist-and-copy editor by profession, I love stories – others and my own – irrespective of whether I have an audience.

Now it so happened that sometime between that first blog post published late night during a trip to Malaysia in 2008 and these new musings coming your way in 2017, I took a detour for some dragon slaying and demon thrashing in the realms of my mind. And then I left my job to iron out some crinkles in life’s tapestry.

Ironing is a rather interesting chore; being mechanical by nature, it leaves your mind free to wander through the galaxies, visit the superhero universes, drop a tear or two over that long lost college crush, before you return with a thump and realisation that ‘Damn! There is so much I had planned to do but have not!’

So during the life crisis ironing sessions, something of this kind happened to me and I decided to be my own boss and revive my life’s must-achieve list.

I so hope that you will walk along with me as I venture into these new territories. After all, life is made so much more beautiful with a dash of hope, a pinch of love and healthy sprinkle of courage.