Outside work

Life,
outside the brief

एकदिवसः एकैकशः

one day at a time

The version of me that shows up at work is shaped by the one who runs slowly, reads obsessively, and travels wherever possible.

One run at a time

Running

10K ↓

10K

21Khalf marathon

42Kmarathon

Started 2026.

“Slow down, but do not stop. That’s what running taught me.”

One chapter at a time

Reading

Fiction-first. Mostly. Agatha Christie holds a disproportionate percentage.

Layla — Colleen Hoover◦The Nanny◦The April Storm◦Lemon◦Slammed — Colleen Hoover◦Losing Hope — Colleen Hoover◦Too Late — Colleen Hoover◦The Sittaford Mystery — Agatha Christie◦Looking for Alaska — John Green◦The War of Lanka — Ashwin Sanghi◦ABC Murders — Agatha Christie◦Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie◦Emma — Jane Austen◦The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath◦Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens◦Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen◦A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens◦Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen◦Let It Snow — John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle◦Hope to Die — James Patterson◦Cross My Heart — James Patterson◦The Secret Between Us◦Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie◦Turtles All the Way Down — John Green◦Famous Five — Enid Blyton◦Matilda — Roald Dahl◦Shape of Water◦Camino Island — John Grisham◦Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie◦Raavana — The Enemy of Aryavartha — Shatrujeet Nath◦The Guilty Wife◦Eleanor and Park — Rainbow Rowell◦And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie◦Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie◦Women in the Window — A.J. Finn◦Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie◦And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled Hosseini◦Holding Up the Universe — Jennifer Niven◦The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood◦Sita — The Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi◦Ram — Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi◦The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini◦The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson◦All the Bright Places — Jennifer Niven◦Ugly Love — Colleen Hoover◦The Guardians of the Halahala — Shatrujeet Nath◦Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni◦The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl Who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson◦Pretty Girls — Karin Slaughter◦Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris◦Solstice◦Salvation of a Saint — Keigo Higashino◦The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins◦Inferno — Dan Brown◦The Lost Symbol — Dan Brown◦Digital Fortress — Dan Brown◦The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi◦The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi◦The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi◦Confess — Colleen Hoover◦The Fault in Our Stars — John Green◦Revolution 20/20 — Chetan Bhagat◦Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat◦One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat◦2 States — Chetan Bhagat◦The Minds of Billy Milligan — Daniel Keyes◦Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins◦Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins◦The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins◦Pretty Little Liars — Sara Shepard◦The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie◦Layla — Colleen Hoover◦The Nanny◦The April Storm◦Lemon◦Slammed — Colleen Hoover◦Losing Hope — Colleen Hoover◦Too Late — Colleen Hoover◦The Sittaford Mystery — Agatha Christie◦Looking for Alaska — John Green◦The War of Lanka — Ashwin Sanghi◦ABC Murders — Agatha Christie◦Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie◦Emma — Jane Austen◦The Bell Jar — Sylvia Plath◦Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens◦Sense and Sensibility — Jane Austen◦A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens◦Northanger Abbey — Jane Austen◦Let It Snow — John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle◦Hope to Die — James Patterson◦Cross My Heart — James Patterson◦The Secret Between Us◦Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie◦Turtles All the Way Down — John Green◦Famous Five — Enid Blyton◦Matilda — Roald Dahl◦Shape of Water◦Camino Island — John Grisham◦Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie◦Raavana — The Enemy of Aryavartha — Shatrujeet Nath◦The Guilty Wife◦Eleanor and Park — Rainbow Rowell◦And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie◦Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie◦Women in the Window — A.J. Finn◦Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie◦And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled Hosseini◦Holding Up the Universe — Jennifer Niven◦The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood◦Sita — The Warrior of Mithila — Amish Tripathi◦Ram — Scion of Ikshvaku — Amish Tripathi◦The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini◦The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson◦All the Bright Places — Jennifer Niven◦Ugly Love — Colleen Hoover◦The Guardians of the Halahala — Shatrujeet Nath◦Palace of Illusions — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni◦The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl Who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson◦The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson◦Pretty Girls — Karin Slaughter◦Behind Closed Doors — B.A. Paris◦Solstice◦Salvation of a Saint — Keigo Higashino◦The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins◦Inferno — Dan Brown◦The Lost Symbol — Dan Brown◦Digital Fortress — Dan Brown◦The Oath of the Vayuputras — Amish Tripathi◦The Secret of the Nagas — Amish Tripathi◦The Immortals of Meluha — Amish Tripathi◦Confess — Colleen Hoover◦The Fault in Our Stars — John Green◦Revolution 20/20 — Chetan Bhagat◦Half Girlfriend — Chetan Bhagat◦One Indian Girl — Chetan Bhagat◦2 States — Chetan Bhagat◦The Minds of Billy Milligan — Daniel Keyes◦Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins◦Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins◦The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins◦Pretty Little Liars — Sara Shepard◦The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie◦

Books that stayed

The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini

The one that made me understand that guilt, when left unaddressed, doesn't disappear — it just finds a way to define you. Redemption isn't about undoing. It's about choosing differently when it counts.

Palace of IllusionsChitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Draupadi's story retold from the inside. The first time I read a myth and felt like it was speaking to me directly — about ambition, about being underestimated, about holding your own counsel in a world that'd rather you didn't.

The Bell JarSylvia Plath

I read this at the wrong age and understood none of it. I read it again and understood all of it. Some books work that way.

One city at a time