A month of observing and perceiving

Travel is one of the things I got to know more about from my December trip to Bangalore. There's more to it than coming across new people, food and lifestyle in another place. At a very soft level, it makes you question yourself and ponder over certain things. And between all the nuances of being …

Evenings with serenity

Sitting on sand facing the east wind, my friend Namrata and I absorb the quietude of Thiruvanmiyur beach in the company of a few others taking a stroll along the coastline, playing catch, or contemplating how best to make the jump into the water. It's a cool December evening in Chennai. The crows seem to enjoy their kabaddi …

Victoria Terminus Day

Mumbai. The last time I was in the city was two years ago. I couldn't do one thing I wanted to, back then. The trip was, much like the city, busy. Too tight. So two weeks ago, while leaving for the city, I made up my mind to visit the place I couldn't the last time, visit …

Irani Chai and Osmania biscuits on the Hussain Sagar

On my way to the car in the parking lot below, I decided to go upstairs, to the terrace. For the terrace, my old friend for almost twenty years now, lets me see a part of the magnificent, vast city like a bird. Well, almost. More than a year of waiting was finally going to …