the gaiety theatre at shimla
Gaiety has got to be one of the complicated words in English, or at least for me. I always mess up the ‘e’, then need to lean backwards and stare at the word till it says I’m missing an ‘e’ or its ‘i’ before ‘e’… The actual Gaiety Theatre in Shimla is not missing anything, and if you haven’t been there then you’ve bypassed a charming … Continue reading the gaiety theatre at shimla
why do i write? (part 2)
last week i wrote a post on “why i write?” and at the same time, i sent out an email to all my writer friends or friends who are writers and asked them to answer it too… the answers ranged from three words to more than 10 emotions – everyone had something to say and something to feel when they spoke about writing. let me … Continue reading why do i write? (part 2)
Indian Women Travellers, Leading the Way into 2014 – Part 2
Originally posted on FeelFreeorFly India :
This is Part 2 of the monthly series featuring Indian Women Travellers. For this series, a set of questions were sent to Indian women travel bloggers with the aim of finding out a bit more about their lives and what motivated them. The underlying purpose of this series is to get more people from India and around the world to… Continue reading Indian Women Travellers, Leading the Way into 2014 – Part 2
rabindranath tagore still lives in kolkata
‘A’ got back from Kolkata yesterday. He really liked the city, except for the traffic. (that might be true of most cities in India. You take away the traffic from Mumbai and it’s gorgeous and grand) It got me thinking about Kolkata and this great old city that stands strong in the East of India – though many people feel that it has lost it’s … Continue reading rabindranath tagore still lives in kolkata
shimla: it’s all grey there!
the joy in colour can never take away from the romance in black & white. presenting shimla coloured with shades of black and white with a lot of greys. Continue reading shimla: it’s all grey there!
shimla and why it surprised me
I had been to Shimla when I was 11 years old, and even then people spoke about the crowd, excessive development, commercial establishments ruining the city and the downward slide of the once summer capital of the British Raj in India. I don’t remember much about that trip. I had gone with my parents and my cousins, and like all family trips, the children tend … Continue reading shimla and why it surprised me
why do i write?
i write to find my voice. to clarify and to argue. to understand. myself. to find. i write to remember. memories darkened in black, coloured with words, shaped by emotions. i write to create. worlds. images. sounds. people. emotions. conversations. i write to express. to tell that story. to try and paint what my head seems to be screaming at me. i write to tell stories. of who i am. … Continue reading why do i write?
juxtaposition: past and the present
just-a-position the past and the present what could be and what is what should be and what isn’t relevance vs. disregard. the new order sticks to the old that grace is far from the uncouthness two lines on two parallel planes. intersection. the past is present here. bypassed, forgotten, ignored silence, mistaken for support in this loud, garish ‘now’ protect. preserve. support. conserve. this cannot … Continue reading juxtaposition: past and the present
my learnings from travel in 2013
i thought about what 2013 meant for me in travel, what i learnt, what i will take away and will influence 2014. these are the thoughts i took away from my travel in 2013 – it’s a little late but nevertheless out here 🙂 tell me what you learnt.. leave a thought, spark an idea, start a conversation in 2014. 1. the minute you … Continue reading my learnings from travel in 2013
jaipur literature festival 2014 & why i loved it
it’s been around for around 7 years now, but this was my first visit to the jaipur literature festival. on hindsight, i don’t know why i didn’t go earlier! i think it’s because it was too expensive and almost indulgent, when i didn’t know what literature festivals were. having gone for the last two HT lit festivals in mumbai and thoroughly enjoyed it, i was … Continue reading jaipur literature festival 2014 & why i loved it
merry to go around 