Trav­els, jour­neys, and a lot of fun — both on land and under­wa­ter… A few for­ays into dis­tant lands. Dis­cov­er­ing hith­erto unknown places. Culi­nary adven­tures aplenty. Ensur­ing that I ended the year much health­ier than I started! But that’s what it’s all about. We all need res­o­lu­tions and I def­i­nitely need to make most of […]

A visit to Navadar­shanam, a com­mu­nity that inves­ti­gates eco­log­i­cal and spir­i­tual alter­na­tives to the mod­ern way of liv­ing and thinking

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

2011 came with­out much warn­ing. I breezed through 2010. A lot of travel and work kept me busy and off the blog! The “project” I much wanted to launch didn’t see light of day (at least for­mally). But then, that’s life, I dis­cov­ered. Most things you have on your “to do” list don’t get done […]

My first time to the United States turned out to be a short trip indeed. I only had one des­ti­na­tion in my cal­en­dar – San Fran­sisco. A quick trip to Seat­tle hap­pened too, except that I only saw the inte­ri­ors of my aunt’s home there :-)

I still remem­ber the show we watched dur­ing a trip to Ker­ala last year. It was at Thekkady, while we were out explor­ing, when we saw a sign say­ing adver­tis­ing a Kalari per­for­mance in the evening. We decided to ven­ture in. Kalar­i­pay­attu is derived from the words Kalari — which means “place, thresh­ing floor, or […]

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 […]