Cambodian cameo

18 Mar 202318 Mar 2023

Cambodia is really exotic and quaint. Very picturesque and touristy. Poor too. Food beats Vietnamese hollow. Very few people. Airport felt like some remote railway station. Only western tourists. Asians…

Tiger’s nest

16 Mar 202318 May 2023

Tiger’s nest Yesterday I crossed one more item of my bucket list. We climbed the tiger’s nest Finally after many missed opportunities we were travelling in Bhutan and on the…

Tolerance

27 Dec 20227 Jan 2023

Tolerance Vietnam and Cambodia have some fascinating examples in toleration that can be useful examples in our increasingly polarised world A 1000 year Chinese rule had deeply influenced the region…

Vignettes of Vietnam

24 Dec 20223 Jan 2023

Vignettes of Vietnam Hanoi just like Delhi. The hotel is like a typical one in Karol bag. The area is just like Karol bag The countryside looks exactly like Assam…

Diversity

11 Dec 202229 Dec 2022

Diversity Recently we had the privilege of witnessing a major religious festival of 2 very diverse and little known communities, both rarely experienced by outsiders. Interestingly both are Vaishnava festivals,…

Days and nights in the forest

2 Dec 202211 Dec 2022

Aranyer din ratri.. days and nights in the forest This was the title of Satyajit Ray’s iconic film about a visit to the Santhal Parganas . We were planning a…

Vignettes of turkey

10 Oct 202221 Nov 2022

Vignettes of turkey Delhi international Airport at midnight is like sealdah station or Mumbai central or sadar bazaar at peak hours. Queues for immigration and security check are like going…

Perks of writing.. an Arabian nights experience

31 Mar 20221 Apr 2022

Perks of writing I have been churning out stories and rhyme since school days, and publishing them anywhere that would agree to do so, from school, college, neighbourhood or company…

Film reviewer.. Kashmir files

26 Mar 20223 Apr 2022

Just saw Kashmir files. Extremely disturbing. I think everyone should see it. The most important line was about learning from the jews, not to let people forget the holocaust so…

On Maha Shiva ratri

2 Mar 20222 Mar 2022

On Shiva ratri You know the kind of dude whom the girls love and the girls parents hate? That is Mahadev , Lord Shiva. Look at the girls point of…