"Couldn't agree more with Rajdeep. Maybe it takes a Goan away from Goa to realize Goa's true value and the degradation that is taking place everyday. I personally don't care for Scarlette or her mother or her allegations. May her soul rest in peace, but there are million more heinous rapes and murders committed in the heartland of India every day. No one notices when a brown skin is raped and murdered or burnt alive for nonsensical reasons in Bihar or UP. Atleast their mothers don't leave them with strangers to go "गांवार पड्पाक". The Scarlette case was a simple matter of choices, and their consequences.

Long live Goa."

- Abhijit Verekar in an email response to Rajdeep Sardesai's article http://www.goablog.org/posts/goan-with-the-wind-rajdeep-sardesai/

I am getting to the point where being a nomad is not so much fun anymore. Back in Cleveland for 2 weeks now, I have been thinking a lot about how and why I am living the life that I am. And again, it was my choice to come back for better opportunities for self redemption and actualization within what I do for a living. What that also brought to the table, was more time sleeping on someone else's couch, a realization that all that I own and have can fit into 2 large suitcases, and that I can keep only one of those bags with me at one time.

That's what has been on my mind for the last two weeks... how do I improve the quality of my life while keeping my current free cash flows? After living on client funds for the last year and half, I come to the realization that there is no such thing as a free lunch, free rent or free drinks... there is always a price to pay... For now, I realize that people pay for rent, utilities, groceries for a reason... to live a good life away from work. I know my thoughts are all over the place for now, but I am just an occasional blogger trying to get out of the couch and into my my own bed... someday.