Tamanna Mohapatra

I am not sure if this is an actual term but it's a term I heard my friend describe herself as this weekend. I thought it was interesting;...

2018 didn't go very well for me. Maybe it did but I just don't realize because it started bad (work contract ended in Feb, new job...

I resisted reading this book for a long time. I didn’t think there could be a one size fits all solution to such big life issues as...

I learned about this book first in the post-Trump world that we all found ourselves in towards the end of 2016. For many of us, who were...

Recently I was in Bhubaneswar (BBSR), the capital of Orissa and my hometown. As happens with most people, I had thought I had seen most...

I hinted a friend to give this book for my birthday because I have no limits on the number of books I can buy for me to eventually read....

I was jealous when I read Dan Buettner’s book- “The Blue Zone Solutions”. The one thing he mentions in his book too as a key...

The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 Master the Basics Part 2 Construct a Sensible Portfolio Part 3 Manage your investment with...

I am a student of sustainability. I have therefore read many books on this subject that have influenced my thought process over the years...

I bought this book with a lot of expectations; hoping it will make me a sound sleeper so much so that I can part the knowledge to others...

Many of my friends say I am very well travelled. I do not think so. This is because having spent close to four decades on this planet, my...

Like Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, I too have hit upon a universally acknowledged truth. Mine is that, “at the beginning of every...

America’s National Parks are in the news this year because 2016 marks their 100 years of existence. For me, however, they have always...

Part 3: Perfect R&R destination: Sapporo Our 3rd and final destination was to the island of Hokkaido, famous for it’s milk products...

Part 2: City of Beauty and Temples: Kyoto The next part of our trip took us to another of Japan’s major cities, Kyoto, which is also on...

Part 1: Mega city-Tokyo The first thing I remember about Tokyo was how clean and quiet it was; right from the airport to the underground...

I am not sure why but it has always been my lifelong dream to visit Japan. Perhaps because this small island country has so much to offer...

I don’t usually read two books by the same author because I feel there are so many topics, so many authors one can sample in our ever...

Part 2 of this blog I delve into the various recycling options available in the city and especially the design considerations that need...

I am not sure what made me want to write this piece except that I was finding the whole waste management scenario in NYC pretty...