Articles by Ramesh

What a weekend. My wife Mandira and I both have the week of #Thanksgiving off and we wasted no time in enjoying every second. On Friday...

It was like something out of a horror movie. When you entered this cold white room, bloody clothing hung in every corner - shirts, pants,...

Summer: It's always such a bittersweet time of year in south #Florida. I grew up here. My parents moved to #Miami in 1959, and I've never...

How does one spend an entire month on the other side of the planet and not write about it? Hence, this post, on a humid Saturday morning...

Marketing a self-published book is a daunting task. I knew that going in, so I try not to stress about it. Here's the deal with Badge,...

To be fair, this guy didn't really crash the conference. He paid his way in, and his presence was valuable to anyone paying attention,...

I'm one. A magician, that is. Ok, before you go calling me a narcissist, let me explain. Most of us human beings are magicians, in the...

My memoir describes #Miami as my sibling. I feel that way because we essentially grew up together. As I was emerging from my teens and...

I spent a good deal of time snorkeling when I was young. We were always on the water, every weekend and even on weekdays sometimes, and...

It was an interesting experience watching the #Netflix series, "Griselda", which chronicles the rise and fall of cocaine "godmother"...

Let's face it, self-publishing can't be done with a dinosaur mentality. For me, this means that I have to fully embrace the wonders of...

It is December 30th and I'm in a wonderfully chilly Alexandria, Virginia. Why here? Let's put this in the Boy-Life-Sure-Has-A-Way-Of-Smac...

Ok--I've never kayaked in my life. I have done lots of canoeing and whitewater rafting, when my boys were in Scouts and we were camping...

This is and has always been my problem: consistency. Not to make excuses, but I feel it is a by-product of what is my greatest...

I'm writing this from #Orlando, Florida, on a beautiful day that defies typical late-May Florida weather. It is clear and actually cool...

The percentage of audiences who recognize the name Joe Friday is dwindling faster than my eyesight. Sgt. Joe Friday was the no-nonsense...

I'm as old school as they come, and I much prefer a book I can hold in my hands to anything I have to use an electronic device to read....

It was somewhere around mid-1978 (times are sometimes like places, aren't they?) and I was sitting in my parents' living room in a...