Neo thought he’ll play an April Fools day prank on his readers by announcing that he was ending his stay in India and moving back to the Bay Area. But, like any responsible blogger, Neo tests all his pranks on his hapless colleagues at work before  releasing them on his higher-valued blog readership. So he [...]

Being an atheist might be trendy, but its actually more boring than most people think. For the most part, there is nothing to do. Those of Neo’s readers who don’t play cricket know the feeling all too well. Its like the whole world is into cricket, and you are, well just not. Atheism is a [...]

dry days of course – when everyone is required by the Indian government to be unhappy.) Neo has many good (but unhappy) Indian-American friends who live in the US and share the following broad sentiments (at the risk of over-generalization): They feel that they have been left out of the cultural and political mainstream in [...]

Neo is all for respecting elders. Elder-worship is such a wonderful ponzi scheme (sort of like social security).

It’s no secret that Mrs. Neo isn’t the biggest fan of Neo’s sense of humor – but her decision to make Neo sleep on the couch for the past 3 days seems very harsh indeed. In India, Neo’s in-laws make multiple, shorter trips and are more independent than in the US. They take the car [...]