But we did! And what an excit­ing chase it turned out to be. Start­ing with a one hour climb up the moun­tains, emerg­ing into the green val­ley kissed by fleet­ing clouds and then a walk along the ridges of the moun­tains to reach our des­ti­na­tion — the Ban­daje Abbe falls. After which, we come to our […]

I’m sure most of you would have stopped at Kamat’s Lokaruchi on the Ban­ga­lore Mysore high­way near Ramana­garam at some point or the other. It’s a pop­u­lar stop for trav­el­ers and espe­cially at lunch time, when they serve tra­di­tional South Indian meals in plan­tain leafs. I was of course super excited since I don’t get to […]

Loreto’s ban­ner gaily floats In lands both East and West Loreto’s name each girl reveres. And holds it ever blest. – LC Anthem A view of the front of the school On March 19 we go around the lovely hill sta­tion of Shil­long, where I spent most of my grow­ing up years. I had attended […]

Well they say that love is in the air, never is it clear How to pull it close and make it stay If but­ter­flies are free to fly, why do they fly away Leavin’ me to carry on and won­der why – “Always on your side”, Sheryl Crowe and Sting We start our 15 day North […]

Com­ing back and set­tling down after a longish vaca­tion is always the hard­est part… Besides the usual hang­over that accom­pa­nies the break, one has to get back to: : Dust­ing, sweep­ing and swab­bing un-lived and extremely untidy just moved-in apart­ment : Clear­ing and answer­ing back­log of emails : Get a grip on pend­ing work (still pending, damn!) : […]