Notes for the Week #21 (2026)

This week note covers the week of 18th–24th May. The Bends Life# Last week was a mixed bag. I had some minor health issues that lasted almost through the week. It was annoying and uncomfortable, but I worked through it. My wife and child A also had some cough and cold because of the arrival of rains in Bengaluru. But I am not complaining. The rains have been a lifesaver for me. The temperature has gone down by more than 5 °C and my mood has improved drastically. I know that the rains caused a lot of issues for the traffic last week in Bengaluru, but somehow I managed to narrowly escape them all. Last week was A’s short summer vacation. After the heat declined, we went around doing small things. On Friday, I took a leave and all three of us went to the Google Ananta office (shown in the photo above). I know that many Google offices around the world are something of a spectacle, but Ananta is first such office in India. We played some games in the mini-arcade and A loved going on the…