Jun
03
Notes from the Marudhar Express
Whatever quaint, contorted image you've held of India is defiled when the wheels of the Marudhar Express start
5 min read
Tom Lewin
May
30
Somewhere in Sapa
We were flying through the mountains of Northern Vietnam on a convoy of shaky motorbikes.
It had rained torrentially all
7 min read
May
24
The Goodbyes
The goodbyes were what hurt the most.
Yet, strangely, the goodbyes were what you wanted, as you lay in bed
5 min read
May
21
Oporto Days
Oporto was a dream.
It was a forgotten city, where the sun burned down on you from dawn till dusk,
2 min read
May
20
Travel: The Antidote to Ignorance
Travel is the great antidote to ignorance.
Once we step out of our habitual rhythms and leave everything we'
3 min read
May
15
The Gem in the Lotus
We can’t avoid our suffering forever.
As desperately as we try to protect ourselves against suffering, we inevitably exhaust
3 min read
May
07
Finding the Perfect Layover Bar
Having spent the last ten years marooned in D-grade airports in backwater cities on layovers en route to connecting budget
4 min read
Apr
28
Tea With Sanjay
Sometimes, life throws you a Sanjay.
A reminder of the grace in simplicity, the power of gentleness, and the softness
5 min read
Mar
31
The Conman of Rishikesh
Rishikesh must have been really something once.
You read about the old days in certain parts of the world, and
6 min read
Mar
25
The Little Moments
The sun seemed to burn brighter then. The nights were darker. More depraved.
The mornings cradled a childlike spark. A
4 min read