The Blissful Beauty of Badrinath

Continued from ‘Jab We Visited Kedarnath’ Day 3 Badrinath We straightaway took off for our next halt – Auli. Thankfully it was a long journey because I slept for most of it and woke up when the loo had turned into a pleasant breeze. I rolled down the window and felt my fatigue of hours…

Jab We Visited Kedarnath

  It had almost been a year since I’d visited Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh for a 15-day volunteer program. Apart from a memorable 2-day visit to Chikmagalur in October last year, I had hardly seen the hills in the last one year. Saying that I was craving them, would be an understatement. I started to…

Moving to a more personal space!

Hello readers and friends! The first time I wrote a blog, I published it on http://www.blogspot.com in 2009. I eventually shifted to WordPress and with the growing love for writing and blogging, I feel a need to move to a more personal space. So here’s where you need to now visit to read my blogs….

Strangers of the Night – #HBDImtiazAli

Dressed in a plain white patiala and a long printed white tee, Geet is finally about to sleep when a crass noise startles her. She bends to look at the direction where the noise is coming from. The TC is screaming at a hippie looking man, dressed in baggy red and black checkered pants, denim…

The Subtle Art of Knowing When Not To Give A Fuck

Before starting a book like this, one thinks that it will change your life. Or, it will bring some kind of comfort or validation. This book does both and nothing at the same time. First of all, most of the times, watching a movie, series or reading a book is about the state of mind…

The Unmissable Hole In The Wall

This Hole in the Wall in Bangalore is definitely unmissable for lazy foodies like me. Despite living in Bangalore for several months now, I visited The Hole in the Wall in Kormangala for the first time last week and was surprised to see a long queue, waiting in the sun at 3 p.m. on a…

Finding Peace in basics – A weekend visit to Gokarna

Why do we click pictures and save them? What does looking at old pictures do to us? Looking at an old picture does nothing but take us back to that very moment when that picture was captured. It enables us to relive that moment which is now clouded with hundreds of other moments, emotions, complaints,…

Dear Mom, Aap meri favorite ho !

Dedicated to the woman without whom I wouldn’t be.  Hey you wonder woman who stands there smart and tall If you would not have been what you have been would I be at all? Have I ever told you that even though I am a big girl now I still remember the comforting sound of…

An Open letter to the ones in Open Relationship

The truth is, that an open relationship is not about following your heart, it’s about following your hormones. Dear Open Minds, Coming from a small town and having been brought up in an old-school yet a well-to-do business family setup, I would call myself fairly open-minded. Likewise, I am mostly drawn to the similar breed…