Character: Echo 🐶

Echo finished his Gotcha Day cake in no time. 3

Weekly Notes 12/2025

We returned from Langkawi on Wednesday after a week-long vacation. It was a good trip. I had nearly a thousand unread emails, both work and personal when we returned. Around 80% of them are non-critical – newsletters, alerts from GitHub, issue trackers, etc. But I believe in inbox zero, so I had to...

Espresso martini at Frangipani Langkawi Resorts 1

Weekly Notes 11/2025

The first half of the week was busy, with most of the time, including some weekend hours, spent closing work TODOs. But now that we’re in Langkawi, it’s all good :)

Work as usual at Varanasi 2

Weekly Notes 05/2025

I am back in Bengaluru. I took Saturday early morning Shatabdi. All of us went to pick up Pathu from Stay. She did do a bit of drama once she was back at home. Who wouldn’t? :)

Quote I found on the back of a token - "ವಿಶ್ವಾಸವಿದ್ದರೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿ. ಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿದ್ದರೆ ಗೌರವ." Which roughly translates to "There is Love if there is trust. There is Respect if there is love" 4

Weekly Notes 03/2025

Time flies faster than we can think of. Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2025 is open for applications; this is our eighth edition. When I started it, I didn’t think much about how it would turn out in a couple of years. So, there were no expectations. But it has grown into its own...

Temperatures have been quite low in Bengaluru this week, and Echo feels cold. 2

Weekly Notes 02/2025

Echo is finally doing well, though winter is not great for him. He is active, eating and sleeping well. Though his urinary problems continue, they do not threaten his day-to-day activities.

Uma wanted to pet an elephant 0

Weekly Notes 01/2025

Uma met her another set of cousins this week/end. We visited the local temple to see the elephant with her on Saturday. Uma wanted to pet the elephant :) On Monday, we went to the beach to see the sunset. Uma loves water but has yet to figure out the ocean and waves...