Photo credit: reddit user KKthebookworm Sometimes when I travel by the Metro in Bengaluru, a few memories of bus travel during my college days come as vivid flashbacks - particularly the way people rush to reserve the seat and enter into the coach. There is an art to it and I am as unskilled in … Continue reading Bus Journey 1984 vs Metro Travel 2024
Tag: Travels
With Deepavali a few Days Away
Diwali is a time for revamp. People usually do the annual facelift of their house just before Diwali. In India we follow the Gregorian calendars for weekly holidays, where as for festival holidays we follow numerous Indian calendars. Similarly businessmen in India follow the official financial year (Apr to Mar) for tax and audit purpose, … Continue reading With Deepavali a few Days Away
Back after a long gap
waiting for sunrise: serenity beach Puducherry I know I have written so few blog posts in the last three years. My last post was way back in August 2023. It is not that I have not been writing. But the things I have written, mostly official things, though in volumes, are destined to gather dust. … Continue reading Back after a long gap
walking the path
In ancient times people undertook journey primarily for business and conquest. And sometimes for pilgrimages. These days people mostly undertake journey for business and pleasure. And sometimes for pilgrimages. Even though Yatra literally means journey - any kind of journey, whenever we hear the word yatra we can sense a tinge of holiness or spirituality … Continue reading walking the path
What to Watch During the Lockdown (Pt-2)
Continued from Part-1 The fans of Game of Throne were upset with the ending. But I think it is a logical conclusion to the story. I feel that the author had planned for this end all along. He also wanted to give a universal lesson. We have enough examples from history to prove that the … Continue reading What to Watch During the Lockdown (Pt-2)
Eat Pay Leave -the mandatory new year post
From the title of the post if you guessed that it is going to be a post consisting of lots of random thoughts, you will not be disappointed. I will try to make it as incoherent as possible. Or maybe there will be some coherence if I choose to restrict the post to a few … Continue reading Eat Pay Leave -the mandatory new year post
The Gems in our Backyard
Right from the first paragraph of the first chapter of the book I was highly impressed. Something resonated with me. Maybe because this is something I also profess frequently. We always crave for something faraway. We are fascinated by the tales of the exotic, even though we have hardly explored the gems lying in our … Continue reading The Gems in our Backyard
A Taste of Kolkata for the Non-Bengali Soul
I have a fascination for Kolkata. I have been enticed to travel its by-lanes after many a virtual experiences of its physical and mental landscapes through the hungryalists and other Bengali authors whom I have admired since childhood days. In spite of that, Kolkata is the only big city of India that I am yet … Continue reading A Taste of Kolkata for the Non-Bengali Soul
Train Travel in India
Having briefly mentioned in a previous post about the opportunity train travel provides to meet with alien characters, I intend to write a full post about it. Moreover this series may feel incomplete without such a topic since train journeys are so much part of our real and reel life. Talking of reel life who … Continue reading Train Travel in India
A Virtual Tour of Mughal India
I don't write book reviews. But sometimes, I write about a book or share my excitement about a book that enthralled me. You may call it a book review if you chose so. In fact this article was first published as a Book Review in the September 1999 issue of 'Bengaluru Review'. I am sharing … Continue reading A Virtual Tour of Mughal India
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