An Indian gay unwinds..

  (About the picture - Taken from my balcony one dreary winter evening in February 2024. A rather apt amalgamation of overcast skies and piercing coldness on the outside & rudderless and hopeless  शून्यता   on the inside)  At this moment I have this strong urge to henceforth treat this blog as Marcus Aurelius treated his diary. As the Emperor of Rome in 170 AD, he had at his disposal the best of wine, women & all kinds of luxuries. Rather than indulging into vices, he penned his thoughts in his diary regularly on importance of being morally upright, what he learnt from various individuals around him & how ruling over his subjects justly & responsibly was his ultimate duty. After he passed away, his personal diary was published as a book titled ' Meditations ' that has become the guiding light for stoic philosophy as a subject.  Borrow from his template, I intend to write the lessons I have learnt in last 2 & half years (and continuing!) , the...

         Being the astrology nerd that I am, I am excited (and a bit scared!) now that Jupiter has entered my sign after 12 years and will stay for one whole year. During its last transit 12 years ago, that whole year I went through a transformational shift in thought process & career, and by end of it I moved to Mumbai from my small town. And once I imbibed that Bombay boi spirit, I was never the same again :) Now it has come again. Another career shift on the anvil? I mean I have been jobless for 6 months now so I guess something should happen in that department. Some personal changes? I hope I find the motivation to quit my nicotine addiction & mindless scrolling through phone apps, get more disciplined, get fitter, get regular in meditation, blah blah blah.. the same old sob story of everyone in my generation :/  Some emotional changes? Start loving myself enough to eventually accept love? Some sexual changes? Will I find some hot brown, hairy m...