The Marathon that brought me to tears After finishing the TMM 2024, I was joyous having completed my first marathon relatively comfortably at a good pace, but after finishing the TMM 2025, I was in tears. I think it was due to the mix of emotions—a sense of achievement from pushing through one of the most
Buying Freedom and Happiness I dropped my phone last month, and the screen shattered. I thought I could still make it work for a few months and see how it goes. But last week the touch was not working on certain areas of the display, and I decided to buy last year’s version
The story of becoming a Marathoner In January of 2023, I couldn't participate in the Tata Mumbai marathon as the registrations were closed when I came to Mumbai and learned about it. Still, I wanted to cheer the amazing participants and collectively celebrate with thousands of others who had also come out of their
How has reading changed me? The habit of reading came to me when I needed it the most in life. Having done my schooling in a lower English-medium school with Marathi as my first language, I was not required to be good at reading/writing, especially in English, nor did I have any motivation to
Why do I run? In 2016, I landed upon Casey Neistat’s channel on YouTube, and just after watching a few of his vlogs, he became my favourite YouTuber. Watching him run every day motivated me to try running myself. At the start, running felt like an immense struggle when I could hardly run
