At times few things happen, when these are least expected.
That’s what happened on the evening of February 19, 2010. We were on way back from our company’s ATM manufacturing plant after the third and final day of the grueling session…
A Little Wit. A Little Wisdom. Lots of India.
March 16th, 2010
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Vailankanni – Lourdes of the East
March 14th, 2010
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Actually Landing at London and Luggage-less Evenings at Newcastle
Disclaimer Again: The story in this post has nothing to with any real persons, places, procedures and events and any resemblance thereto is purely coincidental.
The flight that took off from IGIA at 6:00am IST (departure with 2:30hrs delay), was hovering…
March 10th, 2010
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A rubbery excursion
On the drive back from the hills of Vayannad, where we’d spent four restful days at a homestay, our vehicle – a Toyota Qualis – broke down. Someone passing by noticed smoke below our car; we stopped immediately. After a…
March 8th, 2010
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Saturday at Chatuchak
I am not very fond of shopping, even in a place like Bangkok. Or perhaps, particularly in a place like Bangkok – all the malls seem the same after a while – all glass and steel and selling characterless branded…
March 7th, 2010
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The Lord and the Tattoo Maker of Panchavati
Hanuman was omnipresent every which way I turned my face in Panchavati on an overcast Dussehra day last year.
Statues large and small, in varying poses, left little doubt of the imprint Ram’s presence had left behind on Panchavati in the…
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A day at Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh
It took us unusually long from the exit at NH3, less because of the distance, more out of our own restlessness. And it was not getting any better from the scanty help around road-directions from locals. Albert E talked about…
March 4th, 2010
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Insipid tea: Chai, Chai disappoints
Chai Chai by Bishwanath Ghosh is a book I picked up with a lot of expectations – ‘Travels in places where you stop but never get off’, is what the cover proclaims, promising glimpses into the small town India that…
March 1st, 2010
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Steering the Premier Padmini
A taxi driver I once hailed in Dadar not too long ago made a strange comment when our conversation turned to the recent directive the Maharashtra Government had issued to banish taxis older than 25 years from Mumbai roads.
He was…
February 26th, 2010
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Calm in a teacup
“In my next birth, I want to be born in India,” I overhear Maheswari say in Tamil to her friend who is working silently, head bent over the tea bush, hands rapidly transferring the leaves to the basket slung over…
February 24th, 2010
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Delhi Gwalior Indore Mandu – Road Review
We wanted to visit Mandu but were not able to find the appropriate mode of transport – since the train reservations need planning much in advance, and the distance warranted more time than what one can get in a day…
