by Rupa Dev | Jan 21, 2014 | Business, Desi Voices, Features, Perspectives
This article was first published in November 2008 You’re a single professional, with your college years behind you. You work full-time, often overtime; you enjoy the thrill of making (and spending) your own money. With the stress of academic work behind you, and the...
by Rupa Dev | Jan 5, 2012 | Perspectives
In high school, friends knew me as someone who gave good advice. In fact, one day, on a whim, I created the AOL instant messenger screen name “Advisor Roop.” Thereafter I signed online periodically to advise my peers on their high school woes. “The doctor is in!”...
by Rupa Dev | Jul 15, 2011 | Perspectives
Ever since I can remember, my sweet tooth has tugged me towards the baking isle at our local grocery store. When I was a child, my mother would help me spoon brownie batter mix into an old, scratched up square pan and let me lick the leftover chocolate batter that...
by Rupa Dev | Feb 15, 2011 | Perspectives
In high school, friends knew me as someone who gave good advice. In fact, one day, on a whim, I created the AOL instant messenger screen name “Advisor Roop.” Thereafter I signed online periodically to advise my peers on their high school woes. “The doctor is in!”...
by Rupa Dev | Nov 10, 2010 | Features, General
“Rupa: we think you’re really awesome and would love for you to sublease the room,” read the first line of the email two Novembers ago, as I rode the Caltrain to San Francisco. Fingers perched on my Blackberry, I refreshed and reread the email three times just...
