Posts by Loco Bear

Anyone who has lived in Bangalore long enough knows the particular disappointment of watching perfectly good weekend plans get rained out. One minute it is a clear evening, the next…

Everyone remembers their first strike. Even if you cannot remember exactly how old you were, you probably remember the sound, that satisfying crash of all ten pins going down at…

There is a particular kind of tired that comes from playing, not working. The kind where your legs ache a little from the trampoline, your throat is a bit sore…

Planning an outing for a team of 10 is one kind of challenge. Planning one for 50, 100, or more is a completely different exercise. Suddenly it is not just…

Ask most people in Bangalore what their weekend plan is and you will hear some version of the same three answers. Brunch somewhere new, a movie, or a mall. All…

There was always one school trip everyone brought up years later at reunions. Not the ones with the most educational value on paper, but the one where something genuinely fun…

At some point, birthdays quietly stopped being about games and became about dinner reservations. A nice restaurant, a round of drinks, maybe a cake brought out with mild embarrassment while…

Birthday parties for kids used to mean a living room cleared of furniture, a cassette player, musical chairs, and a cake that never quite got cut evenly. It worked well…

Most corporate outings default to one of two things. A resort an hour outside the city with a pool where not everybody gets in, or a dinner and drinks evening…

There is a very specific memory a lot of us share. You are maybe ten years old, strapped into a go kart that is slightly too big for you, and…