The wheels touch down, and I breathe. I have landed in what used to be “Home”. Or at least, that’s what the GPS claims. Yet, as I step out into the air thick with a scent that should trigger comfort, a dissonance hums beneath my skin. The landscape,...
Last Monday, I had gone for a Ganapathi walk with a group visiting the Manache Ganapthi [old & prestigious] temples, Mandais [ the pandals set up for Ganesh Chathurthi] and along the way, spotted these bright yellow balloons with smiley faces on them dangling from...
You have always wanted to see a tiger up close or maybe you have seen one in a zoo somewhere during your travels. But it is nothing compared to sighting a tiger in a jungle, in its natural habitat and that too out of the blue. The adrenalin rush, the excitement you...
It had been 2 months since my last getaway & I was itching to go somewhere.. Since most parts of the country are hot or crazy hot, there are very few options left. That is when a friend mentioned she was going to be doing a day trip to Wai [near Satara] with...
I started travelling in the earlier 2000s, and most of them were weekend trips. I would either travel solo or with a friend, and destinations were picked based on the bus available at the bus stand. We never really planned any of them, nor did we have an agenda. It...
