About Me

Hi, I'm… well, like anyone else, I guess.

Still figuring out how life works. Still asking questions that probably don't have answers. Like: why am I still wondering how to earn money, with three degrees tucked under my belt? Why do I even need money when, eventually, we all have to die anyway? Am I a pessimist? Maybe. But I'm also practical—a combination that keeps me grounded, slightly cynical, and painfully aware of life's absurdities.

I was born and raised in Delhi, India, and now I live in Cottbus, Germany. Crossing borders sounded like the beginning of a grand adventure, and in many ways it has been. But if I've learned anything, it's that changing countries doesn't magically teach you how to live. You can move thousands of kilometres, learn a new language, navigate endless bureaucracy, collect degrees, and still wake up wondering if you're doing any of this "adulting" correctly.

I'm still figuring it out.

This blog is where I document that journey—not because I've found the answers, but because I haven't.

Some days I write about life in Germany: the paperwork, cultural differences, job hunting, language struggles, and those little moments that no one warns you about before moving abroad. Other days I write about history and heritage, subjects I'm deeply passionate about as a heritage researcher. And sometimes I simply write about being human—about loneliness, hope, ambition, failure, relationships, overthinking, and the strange beauty of starting over.

Life, I've realised, doesn't become easier just because you've moved to another country or collected a few accomplishments. There isn't a finish line where someone hands you a manual and says, "Congratulations, you finally know what you're doing." Instead, there are just more questions, more unexpected turns, and more opportunities to learn.

I'm also a freelance English trainer, someone who enjoys helping others communicate with confidence, even while I'm still trying to make sense of my own place in the world.

If there's one thing I've accepted, it's that life is hard. Sometimes unfairly so. But somehow, despite the uncertainty, the bureaucracy, the setbacks, and the existential spirals, we still wake up the next morning and try again. We learn. We adapt. We laugh at ourselves when we can. And we keep going.

That's what this blog is about.

Not perfection. Not expertise. Just an honest record of one person trying to build a life, one story at a time.

If any of this sounds familiar, welcome. I'm glad you're here.