Category: Letters from Varun

Education

Dear Prea, You didn’t think I forgot about our letters, did you? I am now on my way to California (and possibly will finish writing this while I’m there) for work. They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. But how can my heart grow any fonder of you? If your heart is already […]

You’ll always have this

My dear, beloved Prea, You’ve taken your first solo trip since Vishvashanti was born, and it’s going great! I can’t wait to hear all about it when you return. I am so happy it is going well on both ends — you in your conference, and me home with Vishva — because this should now […]

Family

My Dearest Prea, As I write this, we are in Orlando at your parents’ house for some days during our winter holidays. I know it’s been forever since I wrote to you and I wish I had more time/bandwidth to write. But now that our classes are over for the semester and we are here […]

Our Religion

Dear Prea, One of the joys of expecting a baby is that we get a chance to organize our lives, much in the same way we are doing to our closets and our house right now. Part of that organization is physical, something they call nesting. We’ve been organizers since we were younger of course, […]

Community

Varun asks what community is and shares his thoughts on developing it going forward.