Vinod Bala

Each parent has gone through many struggles dealing with minor and recurring health issues in kids like cold, flu etc and has tips and products that helped them. Here is a list from my experience.

Corporate greed has no bounds. Let's not paint broad strokes, there are some genuinely good companies, but most corporations have let greed get the better of them at some point or the other. Here are some books about well known such cases. Not all books are about individual companies, some talk about an industry or a sector as a whole, and some talk about specific individuals who’ve managed to do significant damage.

Having a feisty ex-feral cat has been a roller coaster ride. From fight injuries to allergies to old-age issues, I’ve seen them all and I’d like to share some tips and products that have helped us along the way.

This is a list of products that I swear by in my day-to-day life. It’s hard to categorize them as they are all over the place. The perfect mixed bag of stuff from my life that you might find useful.

Books that helped me develop my worldview

We’re barely scratching the surface of Houston’s ethnic food world…. Very few cities come closer to Houston in terms of the breadth and depth of ethnic food. Here’s a list of my favourite places in Houston if you are interested in exploring the ethnic food scene in Houston.

It’s that time of the year, the sun is out more, no more snow and ice to deal with. That also means a day or two of intense labor to cleanup around the house. Here is a list of very useful tools to carryout your spring cleaning inside the house, outside the house, and for your car.