Author Archives: Rian Nejar

About Rian Nejar

Rian Nejar is an Indian-American author. He trained and worked as an engineer in India, lived briefly in the Middle East, and arrived in America in the early 90's. After a Master’s degree in electrical engineering in America, he worked as an academic instructor, engineer, entrepreneur, and technical writer over the two decades since. Humbling and Humility (http://goo.gl/FKUnCM) is his first mainstream nonfiction. He lives and writes in the Southwest United States.

A ChatGPT Review of ‘Humbling and Humility’

Posted on April 20, 2024 by Rian Nejar

Hello! It has been a good while since I last wrote anything. Not writers’ block… the chaos of events in the world has been overwhelming; I haven’t been able to think straight for many months. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary, nonfiction, Philosophy, Social, society, Writing | Tagged AI, artificial, Book, ChatGPT, critique, Humbling, Humility, intelligence, nonfiction, review, summary | Leave a comment

Death and Alleviation of Suffering

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Rian Nejar

A letter to a bereaved friend heartbroken from the loss of a pet – “Yes, end-of-life decisions can be heartbreaking. Yet there is courage in making the choice. You freed your pet from prolonged suffering. “There are those who say, … Continue reading →

Posted in humanity, Nature, nonfiction, Philosophy, Social, Writing | Tagged death, end-of-life, euthanasia, humanity, Humility, life, Love, Nature, Parenting, pets, suffering, Truth | Comments Off

A Dilbut Sunrise

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Rian Nejar

Dilbut is my city in the fictional state of Wariduna. Read more about the town’s American distinction in ‘Humbling and Humility.’ Emblematic of all America, really: naturally beautiful and all too human. Yes, a sunset over rooftops in my neighborhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary | Comments Off

Human kindness – for a biker

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Rian Nejar

My trusty silver steed began coughing and cutting out on my way back from south Gilbert yesterday… I turned east at Lindsay and Elliott roads, and was able to stop at a bus stop in the bike lane. The evening … Continue reading →

Posted in nonfiction, Social, society, Uncategorized | Tagged biker, distress, Human, Humbling, Humility, people, society | Comments Off

A Fall Gift

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Rian Nejar

Download a slice of an immigrant father’s life, ‘Humbling and Humility,’ FREE this first Fall weekend of 2021 at https://goo.gl/FKUnCM. Sept. 24 through the 26th. The Lexington Herald cartoon says it with sardonic simplicity. What it leaves out – deaths … Continue reading →

Posted in humanity, Immigrants, Literary, nonfiction, Political, Social, society, Writing | Tagged america, brutality, Capitalism, culture, enforcement, Humbling, Humility, Infidelity, law, Love, police, Racism, society, Truth | Comments Off

A Beginning and An End

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Rian Nejar

Why is it that we, almost always, remember only that which agonized us? This, a picture of a man falling – almost serenely – from one of the doomed twin towers in New York, was prohibited from media publication in … Continue reading →

Posted in humanity, Literary, nonfiction, Political, Social, Writing | Tagged 911, Afghanistan, AlQaeda, america, fundamentalist, government, Haqqani, hegemony, innocents, Iraq, Murder, network, September11, terror, terrorist, Torture, wars | Comments Off

The Great Mask Debate

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Rian Nejar

One and a half years. 18 months. That’s how long I’ve battled, using free speech, in this flawed democracy that is America. All to convince my neighbors and the people at large to adhere to public health measures for their … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Diseases, law, Literary, Pandemic, Racism, Social, Writing | Tagged america, Covid19, Critical, division, Health, masks, Measures, Pandemic, public, race, Racism, revolution, social, Theory, Truth | Comments Off

National Weed Out Hate Day

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Rian Nejar

This Saturday, the 28th of August, is National Weed Out Hate Day, also celebrated as Speak Kind Words Saturday… All weekend, get a FREE copy of ‘Humbling and Humility,’ for the Kindle, my first work of nonfiction that attempts to … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, ebook, free, humanity, Immigrants, law, nonfiction, Parenting, Social, society, Writing | Tagged culture, Domestic, Humility, Infidelity, life, Love, Violence | Comments Off

Covid-19 Saved Me

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Rian Nejar

A funny thought occurred to me yesterday and thought to share it. Amuse yourselves (if you have a few minutes)… Covid-19 saved me. “How!?”, you ask. Just before the pandemic hit us all full-force, I’d fallen and hurt myself (am … Continue reading →

Posted in Diseases, Herbs, Medicine, Nature, nonfiction, Pandemic, Science, society | Tagged Ayurveda, Covid-19, Healing, Health, Herbs, Holistic, Medicine, Moringa, natural, Pandemic, Prophylactic, SARS-CoV-2, Well-Being | Comments Off

Immigrants to America

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Rian Nejar

A quiet summer day at the local Public Library’s second-hand book shop, ‘The FriendsPlace.’ I volunteered there as a cashier, their only Asian-American volunteer. Profits generated from this annex to the library went largely to scholarships for high school kids … Continue reading →