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2011 was the Year of Crazy Times.. as always
So we all had a great year, did lots of travel, took lots of photos and met lots of people. I’ve had a similar year but it’s no fun reading about all the good stuff. So here’s my sarcastic take on...
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The One..Hundredth..Post!!!!
One Hundredth Post!One of those shots that I never imagined I'd take. Taken during the Final Face-Off at Canon - Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2011 Competetion Wow, it would take me...
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How in the hell do I manage to get so many leaves?
It’s no magic, really! It is surprising how no one will raise an eyebrow when someone says they took two months off from work because of marriage. And if I say I took a month off from work to travel,...
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The Varanasi Paradox!
By now you probably know of my extreme prejudice when it comes to new places. You have read about how I thought Rajasthan was boring and then Tamilnadu. Only to be proved royally wrong by both these...
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My Little Secret (on How to get started with Travel)
Because it is women’s day, I thought I’d let you in on my little secret! My little secret is about how to get started with travel. I get a lot of mails asking if I could take them on any trip along...
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15 Lessons of Life I Learnt from Travels
Life teaches us lessons in many ways. But we choose to understand only when it is told in a way we like. Years of education and years of corporate life didn’t teach me what travel taught me in few...
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The Legendary Monsoon Pilots of Goa!
In a drunken stupor he said. "Go ahead, few more kilometers and the pilots will take you along" When the ride is this awesome, who cares about the destination? At this point we were enjoying just...
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30 Before 30! :)
So the title gives away that I am not 30 yet. ;) I have just few months and 3 years to accomplish things on this list. Not that this list would be my guiding light for the next few years, but since...
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13 Pictures of Incredible Clouds from Western Ghats!
First time I saw white fluffy cottony clouds below me, through the flight window, I almost cried! That's how much I love clouds. There is something so inexplicably magical and mysterious about the...
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How I failed miserably on the Great Himalayan Cycling Trip!
It will be almost a year to the tragedy this July, the Himalayan Cycling trip tragedy. If not a tragedy I can only call it a farce. Now when I look back and think of the things that I did, I was...
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10 Pictures and Stories of Ruins from Across India
When I saw the movie Tomb Raider as a kid, I was fascinated by the Cambodian Ruins they showed. The fascination intensified when I learned they had maintained Ta Prohm in the same way they found,...
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7 Travel Videos : Inspiration From Around The World
I am sorry but I might just make it impossibly hard for you to sit and work today. Either that or you will be inspired. As for me, I am bouncing between being highly inspired to being terribly...
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Kashmir - The Paradise that we hardly know of.
“Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin ast” The famous Persian couplet declares “If there ever be a paradise, it is here, it is here, it is here!” Way back in 2008 when I made my...
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Epic Adventures - Frozen Winter in the High Mountains
Epic Adventures!Today I start a new series on my blog, one that I am really excited about. I choose to call them "Epic Adventures", for they are Epic! I have met/heard of many people over the course of...
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Remembering the monsoons!
The other day I was running late from work to home. I had to run in the rain to catch the bus and as I ran, the raindrops falling on my head reminded of something. I stopped at the bus, waited for the...
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Why I have never traveled out of India!
When will you travel out of India? It is one of the most frequent questions I get asked. How long will you keep wandering here (in India)? Seems the entire existence of my blog has been a lost cause! I...
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Monsoons of Karnataka - Photos of a Ride in the Rain
Since I bought the cycle last year, maybe even much before that, I had a dream. To ride in the rains. But never got around to doing so. When the opportunity came this year I wasn't about to let go of...
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Monsoons of Maharashtra - Another Photo Essay!
The weekend before last weekend I was riding in rain. But do you know what I did last weekend? I literally lived up to the saying "Journey is the Destination".Bangalore - Satara - Mahabaleshwar -...
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Monsoons of Sikkim - Photos of Nature Extraordinaire
Following the monsoon photo essay series, today I bring you a photo essay on the incredible monsoons of Sikkim. The earlier posts are here -Monsoons of Maharashtra and Monsoons of Karnataka. Little...
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Ask me Anything?
First to give a short update, I just came back from an amazing trip to Andaman and I have lots of stories to tell and lots of photos to show. But have been really busy at work so that'll have to wait...
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