Over 400 kms on some of the worst roads (and no roads in some places) but the most beau­ti­ful coun­try­side. Man­ali to Leh on cycle span­ning 10 days and many many breath­less moments (both because of the alti­tude and the sight of the mighty Himalayan ranges!). The jour­ney took us through lush ever­green forests, green […]

It’s been a while since I headed North. A few years in fact. I still have some vivid mem­o­ries ski­ing down the lovely while slopes of Auli. And roam­ing around the gal­lis of Dhara­masala in search of the per­fect momo and of course vis­it­ing the Indian abode of HH The Dalai Lama. It’s time to go […]

4 motor­bikes 5 mus­ke­teers Gen­er­ous doses of rain Dol­lops of deli­cious food Loads of scenic routes and trails Plate­fuls of hot bha­jjiya A few bot­tles of Coorg wine to taste And 1 place to Linger around Mix all of them and shake gen­er­ously. And voila — you get a per­fect mon­soon weekend!

In Delhi, I met a lady called Anita, who had sold her car around 10 years ago and now cycles around instead. She told me that with her work­place and home not too far from each other, she man­ages on two wheels most of the time. And this too, in Delhi! She said some­thing else that […]

Flickr users in Ban­ga­lore, do come by the Lalit Ashok tomor­row! The sec­ond in the series of Hello India events in India is going to be held on April 21. The event is from 7–11 pm and details are also on Upcom­ing. Like any Yahoo! event, this promises to be an inter­est­ing and fun evening that […]

Being in a room with around 15 women, all called “Anita”, turned out to be quite a novel expe­ri­ence. Like we all joked, it was one occa­sion when we didn’t have to remem­ber any names! This hap­pened in Feb­ru­ary 2010 dur­ing a trip to Delhi and Gur­gaon. A rather diverse bunch, brought together by Delhi based […]

I have a spe­cial place for Tibet in my heart — espe­cially since one of my dear­est friends is a Tibetan. And I think that it’s quite a strug­gle for Tibetans today try­ing to find their iden­tity wher­ever they are in the world. It’s not easy when your home­land is no longer yours. Or that […]

This guy’s going to be get­ting a lot of calls for sure. Meet Sam­son, an auto dri­ver from Chen­nai, who has his own web­site, and incred­i­bly (yes, yes!) also turns on the meter! When I think Chen­nai and auto dri­ver, my mind wan­ders to a jour­ney we under­took a few years ago — my sis­ter and I. […]