A week­end spent at Linger, Balur Estates in Mudi­gere, Chik­ma­galur makes sure you come back refreshed and rejuvenated.

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!

On July 24/25th, we headed out to Coorg and Wayanad with Mud­dy­Boots (a new adven­ture com­pany) for a spice coun­try cycling trail. Here is an account of the trip.

The prob­lem: Over the last 4 years, Janet and her vol­un­teers at treesfor­free have planted 12,896 trees across Ban­ga­lore City to restore the van­ish­ing tree cover. All in an old Maruti car. Now the car has bro­ken down. And the plant­ing has stopped. But the tree felling con­tin­ues… and with it, the global warm­ing, failed […]

A few adven­tur­ous and cre­ative friends have got­ten together to bring some sun­shine into your oth­er­wise ignored or empty bal­cony or ter­race! The folks at My Sunny Bal­cony (MSB) can sug­gest how to trans­form an empty for­lorn space into a ver­i­ta­ble green heaven…

I spent 3 days in Fort Cochin dur­ing the month of Octo­ber. It was a most relaxed trip where I walked by the sea, observed the fish­er­men, had some gor­geous food and dis­cov­ered that even on a small lit­tle island you can keep your­self busy… For me, it is prob­a­bly one of the best times of […]

We had passed this lit­tle town called Jung (also writ­ten as Jang) on the way to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and all of us were quite taken in by this quaint and charm­ing lit­tle place. We made a deci­sion to revisit it on our return journey.

My 3rd visit this year. And now I present, based on my mul­ti­ple trips, things to do in Auroville. – Cycle: Yes, I did it again. And I even man­aged not to fall off one! – Ride: Lunas are really cool and they’re easy to maneu­ver too. I even pro­gressed to a Kinetic and took […]