Notes from the Marudhar Express
Whatever quaint, contorted image you've held of India is defiled when the wheels of the Marudhar Express start
Somewhere in Sapa
We were flying through the mountains of Northern Vietnam on a convoy of shaky motorbikes.
It had rained torrentially all
The Goodbyes
The goodbyes hurt the most.
Yet, strangely, the goodbyes were what you wanted, as you lay in bed gently pleasuring
Oporto Days
Oporto was a dream.
It was a forgotten city, where the sun burned down on you from dawn till dusk,
Travel: The Antidote to Ignorance
Travel is the great antidote to ignorance.
Once we step out of our habitual rhythms and leave everything we'
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
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
Tea With Sanjay
Sometimes, life throws you a Sanjay.
A reminder of the grace in simplicity, the power of gentleness, and the softness
The Conman of Rishikesh
Rishikesh must have been really something once.
You read about the old days in certain parts of the world, and
The Little Moments
The sun seemed to burn brighter then. The nights were darker. More depraved.
The mornings cradled a childlike spark. A