i love comments…
i am a kid in the world of blogging! just started to pen down my journeys in black and white, and at times i wonder what it feels like to read my rambling narrations of my travel. it helps to have comments, to have readers tell you what they think about it. the likes at the bottom of a post are like little shining stars… … Continue reading i love comments…
why i love homestays…
travel for me is about stories, about places, people, where they have been, and how they got here. i like travel, not just for mad travelers and their envious around-the-world tales but for experiences, stories, histories. for living, in a place, that can only come from sticking, staying put. i can’t always do that! don’t have the money or time to live in another city … Continue reading why i love homestays…
We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves – Pico Iyer
we travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves. we travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. we travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. and we travel, in essence, to become young fools … Continue reading We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves – Pico Iyer
an ode to the kumaoni himalayas – verse 2… so it is the north, but where?
the whole north lay open in front of us. there are so many states, so many places, so many different cultures that we haven’t discovered yet and then many places we could visit again… we took a call, that it wouldn’t be about the city, but about the places & people whom we wanted to visit. a friend from post-graduation college had quit the corporate world … Continue reading an ode to the kumaoni himalayas – verse 2… so it is the north, but where?
it’s raining elephants in london?!
it was the summer of 2010. my first trip to the ‘west’, my first to the country that was the setting for some of my favourite stories growing up. i had quit my job and was using (or blowing up) all my savings in a 40 day trip all over europe. big-eyed, open to discover, uncover for myself i set out to walk all over … Continue reading it’s raining elephants in london?!
an ode to the kumaoni himalayas verse 1! where oh where are we going?
traveling to the north is always special. it’s far from where i grew up, and also far from my roots in the south of india. i have few relatives who live that side. traveling there requires thought and then action – meaning a plan. as it’s far for those living below the vindhyas. we decided to spend our christmas and new years freezing at -3* … Continue reading an ode to the kumaoni himalayas verse 1! where oh where are we going?
‘living’ in my favourite teenage novels
one of my favourite authors growing up was jane austen. and i read or rather devoured all her books, atleast a couple of times each. i still remember the order: pride & prejudice, emma, persuasion, mansfield park, northanger abbey, sense & sensibility… i didn’t like sense & sensibility. i have watched the BBC production of pride & prejudice twice, watched the movie emma once (not seen … Continue reading ‘living’ in my favourite teenage novels
aati kya lonavla?
the biggest problem with a weekend getaway is exactly that… it’s a ‘weekend getaway’. so it’s close to a big city, and that means most of the populace of that said city heads out there on the weekend. so, it’s like you are taking your noisy, nosy neighbours with you on a holiday… lonavla is one such place. as a destination, it’s probably got the best location! sandwiched … Continue reading aati kya lonavla?
and my first article to be published!
and i am so kicked! it was published on 17th jan, and i am still kicked. i was traveling, with no internet access, and i couldn’t check it out ‘in print’ till the 18th! aaahhhh, never known that kind of frustration. or maybe i have, it’s just that the emotion that is the most recent stays the most vivid, the others tend to fade with … Continue reading and my first article to be published!
living in the midst of the madness called mumbai
monday madness with mumbai mondays. (posting it a day late this week, but plan to make this a tribute to the city i live in, every monday!) reporting from mumbai. to the west of india, in the state of maharashtra. i have lived here for 1/3rd of my life! was here for the first three years of my life, then my parents moved out. i … Continue reading living in the midst of the madness called mumbai
merry to go around 