About City Boy

This is Amortya Ray’s personal blog. He is passionate about technology, all things Apple, New York, Dunkin Donuts and of course Scarlett Johansson. Amongst others.

Tales from Madrid: Day 1

I arrived this morning, heavily jetlagged, super cranky but extremely glad to meet one of my closest friends after 2 and a half years. This trip also scratches item 39 off my life list. We drove to her crazy fancy home in one of the poshest areas of Central Madrid. She showed me to [...]

I'm probably going to lose my inheritance after my family reads this. Yep.

Remember that one time when my mother was trying to find me a bride? Apparently it’s an inherited trait. She gets it from my grandmother, her mother.

My parents and sister are visiting my family in Calcutta, India. And obviously, since my grandma loves me so much that the topic of when I settle [...]

Toothbrush chronicles

It doesn't fit! (twss)

So as it turns out, deciding which toothbrush to buy is possibly the toughest decision I’ve made in a really long time. As I stood in the toothbrush aisle in Duane Reade, my brain was assaulted by ten million different kinds of brushes. Straight, angular, circular, jagged, firm, medium, [...]

I hate you Louisa May Alcott

Last Friday, while discussing books with friends, I remembered this incident that happened when I was 12. And it brought back a torrent of painful memories.

I grew up in a city called Bombay in India. I went to an all boys school. And at age 12, I was a typical adolescent- rebelling against [...]

This gives the term ‘lactose intolerant’ a whole new meaning

While grabbing coffee from the office pantry one morning, I notice that the milk tetra pack was straight up ripped apart.

Me: Why don’t people know how to open a milk carton? I mean really! How difficult is it?

Rhi: What do you mean?

Me: Look at this (I show her the carton). [...]