“Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin,” said Bruce Chatwin. Any traveller worth his visa can rant offhand many promenades of perambulation – from the whole of Siena…
‘Mela’ must have its origins here. Around me were colourful plastic goggles like props-in-calling for the retro-theme Vespa ads, mandating humungous physical strength from the parents to pry away boys…
Champakali When the roads are too long
And the sun really strong
I feel awesome
There, out of nowhere
20,000 Lakes everywhere
I feel awesome
Champakali and I squished through…
As a little boy, there were so many things I knew I had to have the instant I set my eyes on it. The faculty remained intact as I grew…
Bathing is an adult equivalent of kids playing – it does not have to be planned in advance and whenever it happens much delight is derived from it. I might…
You have not seen azure till you have been to Pigeon Island in Sri Lanka. This deepwater harbour a kilometre away from the Nilaveli Beach in Trincomalee, spreads out azure…
We live today with review sites like ‘Rotten Tomatoes’. With a name like that it can be safely assumed that conclusions are made and verdicts passed on the merit or…
The gushing water frills and forks its way through precipitous ravines as far as the eyes can see. On the other side, the sleepy town of McLeod Ganj unfurls with…
An overcast day. It was blue everywhere. I was feeling some too. What could I do?
I had reached Kashmir the previous evening en route my motorbike run to Leh…