Hey rockstars, This morning, I woke up “early” to stand in line for the grand opening of a Japanese stationery store. This was not my idea. It was also not that early. It was like 11:15, and I had insisted we get coffee beforehand, so I was well stocked and had a decent amount of…
The Anxiety Budget
Hey rockstars, I remember a few years ago, or maybe even a few months ago, I was getting coffee with my sweet friend Aanchal who told me that she thinks our brains have a limited capacity for stress. Her theory was basically this: if you have ten things to worry about, your brain has to…
The Gravity of Yearning
Hey Rockstars, The following post is about Mohit Suri’s 2025 film Saiyaara. If you’ve seen it, or any of his other films (like Aashiqui 2, oof.), you already know the emotional gravity his stories can carry. This post gets into some of the movie’s most important scenes, so: spoilers ahead! For those of you who…
Two BFFs cosplaying as morning people
Hey Rockstars, I’m writing this on Thursday night, and I really had to laugh at the series of events over the last 24 hours. Last night, I found out that my apartment building was power-washing the garage today, which meant everyone had to move their cars by 7 a.m. I cannot adequately express how little…
Take what resonates (sometimes it just isn’t for you)
Hey rockstars, I recently read Rose Hirst’s essay for Roe Magazine, Not Everything Is About You. Please Learn to Scroll, about the strange habit we seem to have developed of encountering something online that does not perfectly fit our preferences and immediately treating that as a problem. The article talks about “what-about-me-ism”: the impulse to…
A Little More of the World
Hey rockstars, Wow, I’ve been blogging so much. Should I officially add “content creator” to my resume and LinkedIn? Maybe just certified yapper. I stand by the fact that American music was at its peak in 2010, and Bollywood music was at a high (maybe not a peak) in 2010-2016 (aka when I was in…
Coffee and Check-Ins 