I’ve been putting aside this mammoth task of writing about Goa since more than three years now…because there’s probably nothing I can write about the place that’s not been written before. It is that done-to-death destination which doesn’t even have an off-season now a days, thanks to travelers flocking around from all over the world, … [Read more…]
The ruins dotting the temple town of Hampi narrate a tale of the past as well as form a parallel storyline that I lived last month. Embracing this ancient Vijayanagara kingdom, I lost my heart, beat by beat to the past, present and to the times that lie ahead. Some places are like love, hard … [Read more…]
I have a monsoon ritual that’s typical of being in love. Regardless of where I am, come monsoons and I start missing the Western Ghats with their cover of a fluorescent green carpet, virgin waterfalls springing up across their hairpin bends and clouds descending down on earth. Nostalgia will be the culprit here if I … [Read more…]
A rainy night. I am on a rickety old Punjab Roadways bus from Delhi to Chandigarh, Punjabi folk songs playing in the background. Water dripping from the AC ducts. The young man seated next to me seems to be ignorant of everything and is snoring loudly. I pretend to sleep but the volume of music is … [Read more…]
