Code works but life doesn’t.
Tarun Varshney
June 18, 2025
After spending 16 years in the IT industry — working with Paytm, Tech Mahindra, and HCL across India and the US — everything on...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Life
Whatsapp is the new spam machine.
Tarun Varshney
June 18, 2025
Just like SMS and Email before it, WhatsApp has become the latest frontier for brands eager to grab user attention. Wherever at...
Friday, June 13, 2025
Programming
1500 test cases - an impossible deadline.
Tarun Varshney
June 13, 2025
Have you ever been asked to complete six days of work in just two—without the team size required to do it? That’s exactly what we fac...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Life
NRI’s car broke down in Indian traffic.
Tarun Varshney
October 15, 2024
In 2017, after returning from the United States, I found myself struggling with the daily chaos of Noida traffic. The noise, the confusion, ...
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Programming
15 mins late, still got highest marks.
Tarun Varshney
October 12, 2024
During my first year of engineering, I had an important internal exam scheduled in the morning. I started from home on time and took a...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Life
Good things will happen to you.
Tarun Varshney
October 02, 2024
A few months ago, three ladies came to my house with a pamphlet about a ‘Shrimad Bhagwat Katha’ event happening in our society. The pamphlet...
Life
Brother, bicycle, train - a narrow escape.
Tarun Varshney
October 02, 2024
It was just another childhood evening. I was in 12th standard and my younger brother was in 10th. Like most days, we were...
Friday, August 9, 2024
Writing
The speech I wrote in 15 mins - book launch.
Tarun Varshney
August 09, 2024
It was November 2018, and I was full of excitement at the Gurgaon Literature Festival. I was waiting for my turn to go on stage and launch m...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
USA
Homeopathy saved my finger from surgery.
Tarun Varshney
May 01, 2024
Year 2016 - I was in Tustin, California. One morning I woke up and realised that tiny finger of my left hand had no movement. I saw a big ga...
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Programming
Why I Had To Bring My CPU To College During Final Year Practical In Engineering
Tarun Varshney
April 25, 2024
It was final year (2008) practical exam of my engineering (B.Tech). We (project team) developed one project which we had to give demo to ext...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Uttarakhand
How We Celebrated My Wife's First Birthday After Marriage In Auli
Tarun Varshney
April 24, 2024
Feb 2020: We (I & my wife, and 4 more people who were on the trip) reached back to our hotel at 6 PM approx. after doing Skii...
Saturday, April 20, 2024
USA
The Haunted Story When I Almost Drown Into Swimming Pool In Tustin
Tarun Varshney
April 20, 2024
It was year 2015 and I just moved to an apartment in Tustin, California for my new job. In society, there was a swimming pool. Half was ...
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Travel
When Our Car Broke Down While Going To Ahmedabad From Diu
Tarun Varshney
April 14, 2024
Dec 2023: I was with my family on 10 days Gujarat trip. That day we were going from Diu to Ahemdabad by taxi. On the way, our driver realise...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Travel
When We Got Unhygienic Hotel Room In Somnath
Tarun Varshney
April 11, 2024
Dec 2023: I was in Gujarat with my family for 10 days trip. We started from Dwarka in morning and reached Somnath in evening. We skipped Por...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Travel
Why We Had To Change Our Hotel In Diu
Tarun Varshney
April 10, 2024
Dec 2023: When we reached our hotel in Diu, we didn't expect rooms to be smelling. It was very hard to stay in those rooms for 1 minute ...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Travel
When Hotel Owner Gave Me His Biking Gears In Ladakh For 4 Days
Tarun Varshney
April 09, 2024
July 2021: It was our day 3 in Ladakh and we were at our hotel gate in Leh with other bikers, waiting our bike to be arrived to start the tr...
Monday, April 8, 2024
Travel
How Our 7 Days Ladakh Trip By Taxi Changed To Trip By Bike
Tarun Varshney
April 08, 2024
During June 2021, I wanted to book 7 days Ladakh trip by bike but my wife was uncomfortable and insisted for trip by traveller. So...
Friday, April 5, 2024
Travel
Why Our 10 Days Itinerary For Gujarat Road Trip Was Not Best
Tarun Varshney
April 05, 2024
I had family road trip to Gujarat for 10 days in Dec 2023 (4 adults, 1 child). Once we back from the trip, we realised that Ahmedabad doesn...
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Programming
When My Teammates At Cisco Took Me Out For Lunch On My Last Working Day In San Jose
Tarun Varshney
April 04, 2024
It was year 2017 and I was working at Cisco office, San Jose on payroll of HCL Americas. There were all Indian people in my team. My manager...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Travel
How We Planned 10 Days Itinerary For Gujarat Road Trip
Tarun Varshney
April 03, 2024
We traveled Gujarat for 10 days as family road trip (4 adults, 1 child) in Dec 2023. We kept itinerary flexible so if we get late at some po...
