Kudremukh – Splendour of the Sahyadri
11th December 2021Mohan, I know you hate trekking with a group, but I want you to come to Kudremukh with me along with another thirty of us in October
Year: 2021
The Best View Comes After the Hardest Trek
2nd November 2021They say, “The Best View Comes After the Hardest Climb, and It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” So take a high-altitude trek at least once in your life.
Hampi: The land of ruined temples
21st October 2021Hampi is the Pride of my home state Karnataka and a world heritage site. Hampi was so prosperous under the Vijaynagar empire that Italian and Persian traders placed it a couple of notches above medieval Rome.
Helping our helpers.
8th October 2021Unless there is an important story worth the coverage, domestic workers are seldom discussed in our country. Yet, it is estimated that there are over twenty million domestic workers in India. The work includes tasks such as cleaning the house, cooking, washing, ironing clothes, taking care of the children or elderly or sick members of the family, gardening and guarding the house.
Tiger Balm
24th September 2021I had a rare aura and God-given gift that made wild Tigers go into hiding the moment they came within a mile’s radius. I was basically a tiger repellent.
Jordan, Where three religions meet
14th September 2021Jerash is a city in Jordan. It is one of the most complete examples of a Roman provincial town to be seen anywhere. To me, Roman city ruins mean scenes from the films “Benhur” and “Gladiator”.
Glorious Gomukh
30th August 2021Hindus consider the river Ganges as a sin-cleanser and the Himalayas as the abode of our mighty Gods. Hindus also believe that a dip in the holy river Ganges rids them of all past sins.
What adventure means to me.
10th August 2021Nowadays, I ask myself time and again what new Adventure I can take on, which new hobby or vocation I can try. But, of course, I always get positive replies from within, and over and over again, the standard answer is that I am capable of more than I realize that adventure means to me
Advice to my younger self
6th August 2021I open the car door and see handsome, thirty-year-old me sobbing on the driver’s seat with his hands on the steering wheel. My Younger self…
The fabric of birth and death.
3rd August 2021I was contemplating the birth of my first child just as I was made to reflect the death of a person who gave me his last gift.