Pondicherry captivates you in a very serene way. Often, when I spot a long weekend on the calendar, my first thought is to check the prices of the bus tickets to Pondicherry. Then I start pitching the idea to people who would want to tag along for a seafood feast. The food is excellent. But …
I was seated somewhat comfortably on the side lower berth of my train and was heading for my first (solo) trip of 2019 from Kolkata to Jaipur. I found myself in the middle of too many loud conversations, Bollywood songs playing in the loop and fleeting political debates on the ongoing Indo-Pak situation. After an …
It was last year. A mad March day. The hotter the day, the colder the water. I’d already spent a week trekking in the Sahyadris and was about to call it a wrap in Maharashtra– when a friend announced that one can’t claim love for Sahyadris until they’ve dipped their parched soul in the blue …
Well, you might have heard of Binge-eating, Binge-watching, etc. But what is Binge-travelling? Do people actually do that? I mean, I do binge-eating and watching because I don’t want to do anything else and most importantly it takes me the least cost. But Binge-travelling? Well, if you have one set question like that in your …
Ta na na na na na na naaaaa… Ta na na na na na naaaaaaa… Two things before I start this article: Folks who’ve shared their childhood with Swami and Friends will read this with a smile. Folks who’ve never seen or read Malgudi Days, please go watch/read it and come back with your homework …
In this age of Instagram that happens to be extremely superficial, it is indeed very easy to get carried away in the continuous loop of cliched travel quotes popping up on our feeds and reminding us of how ‘rosy’ and ‘oh-so-perfect’ solo travel seems to be. Out of some hundred quotes that we come across …
Setting up a makeshift office amidst the rectangular paddy fields with hovering grey clouds and a steady breeze fluxing by, it only endures my inner spirit with a charm so wakeless that I am dropped out of the track of what season it is. It’s not the barren winter neither the blistery summer. With the …
From a young at heart introverted teenager to grow to be an ambivert it’s been a gradual process. A lot of this constant life change has been and continues to be coupled with exploring the city of Bombay (Mumbai) and along the way exploring tad bits of myself as well. My introverted self has always …
