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I think life is all about the little things - listening to music with the window wide open late at night, or going on a really long drive with no destination in particular, or being super absorbed in your math problems that you haven't realised that it's been three hours since you've started, taking that first sip of filter coffee early in the morning and *feeling* the caffeine kick in, or sitting by your bedroom window thinking of all the places life is going to take you - it's honestly just the little things, along with a frightening ambition and passion for what I do that keep me going. That's exactly what my blog is all about - the beauty of the underrated "little things" that we often look past.

I do believe that life is an endless pursuit of knowledge. Sometimes the thought that I could learn, and learn and learn, and still wouldn't know all that there is to know, is highly overwhelming. My parents, and most people who've known me for long enough, describe me as "the most inquisitive, curious little thing alive, brimming with energy and an immense passion for life." While I doubt whether I'm energetic or passionate about life, I am indeed a "little thing", shorter than the average Indian woman by a few inches.

I come from a simple Tamil family. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, then we moved to Chennai. This resulted in a number of unique life experiences: I had attended six different schools by the time I hit the seventh grade. Both my parents are engineers, and I have a sister who's six years younger but six thousand times sassier (we all know I'm amma and appa's favorite child).

Santa Barbara, 2014

It became evident very early on that I was inclined towards the sciences, but the arts have always been a highly significant part of my life: whenever I have a bad day, I turn to the artists for their music, or for their writing. I write a lot myself, mostly to make it through those days that seem nearly unconquerable. 



Some of my friends are also great bloggers:

crazylittlerowling by Shashvathi
A Million Thoughts by Divi
Crispy Crumps by Smrithi










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