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I rarely ever tell people what I’m majoring in. I much prefer to make them guess.  Most days, this strategy serves me well. The first […]

February 21, 2023

My first encounter with homesickness was in an excerpt of Roald Dahl’s “Boy: Tales of Childhood.” I was in the sixth grade then, sitting in […]

February 7, 2023

If grief is the cousin of love, I have been in mourning since the day I stepped foot onto Yale’s campus. While that may be […]

January 23, 2023

I remember my 10th year of life in Bombay in glimpses: the sheet music for Bach’s “Invention No. 1 in C Major” sitting atop my […]

December 4, 2022

This year, Yale’s family weekend may have been the highlight of my semester. My family didn’t make it to campus, in part because of the […]

October 30, 2022

  Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to […]

October 16, 2022

Most days, I am convinced that there are few lonelier places than my mind. To be clear, I don’t mind it here. Age and the […]

October 2, 2022

To all the first years that came before, Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life. The phrase “rest of your life” probably […]

September 1, 2022

I have a big problem and her name is Elise. You may ask me who Elise is, but I cannot tell you the answer. She […]

April 25, 2022

I have always been a staunch believer in precious freedom.  If someone told me that my actions were pre-ordained by some invisible puppeteer, tucked away […]

April 10, 2022

I’ve often been told that I have a good memory.  It all started in middle school, when I first discovered the joys of compiling a […]

March 6, 2022