So far, the new year’s been a bumpy ride. Bad news has outweighed the good. And despondency is slowly taking over. It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare This year, especially the next few months, look sketchy. It will be difficult to predict – with certainty –…
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Did the chicken come first or the egg? Does art imitate life, or life imitate art? The argument can sway in either case. Recent findings suggest, a strong possibility of the chicken arriving – before the egg. And I’m tempted to say; it might not be very different in the dilemma of life vs art.…
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Our brain is a complex amalgamation of neural networks, neurochemicals, and grey matter. Despite remarkable progress being made in the area of neurosciences, there are very few aspects of the brain that have been understood. And the most perplexing – is the one – that affects 4 out of 5 people on the planet. What…
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Most of my childhood summers were spent in our home town. With the temperatures soaring, there was little that my siblings and I could do. We’d either curl up with a good book, eat raw mangoes, or snooze after a heavy meal. When we’d exhaust all other options, the front yard and the copious greenery…
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It’s never easy saying goodbye. After an eventful 6 days in the mountains, it was time for us to head back home. The trip from Dalhousie to Gaggal Airport (Kangra) would clock 3 hours. I dreaded having to traverse the winding mountain roads again. Our driver was the same young guy who had driven us to…
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Dear Yang, You’re not one to count and I’m not one to remember, but since we’re at it, it’s been some roller coaster ride. What started as a walk back home, has continued along myriad roads, in some of the most interesting places – we could’ve ever been. By ensuring, I didn’t lose my breath at…
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What’s the most challenging task for a traveller? Without a doubt – adapting to the ‘real world’. The one, in which, we don’t travel. The one, in which, we take on identities assigned to us. Become caregivers or workers, meet the same people all over again, and probably, never really leave the city or town…
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After spending three days in McLeod Ganj, we realised, that we’d planned the next leg of the trip to the neighbouring hill town of Dalhousie. It’s a three hour journey between the two mountain towns and involves making a shift between the Kangra District and Chamba District. If you’re brave enough, HPTDC buses might prove to be a budget…
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From an early age, I’ve found the premise of faith to be intriguing. There seemed to be a strong emphasis on believing blindly in a singular ‘force’. One that could control inter-planetary/galactic motion, and in turn – our ephemeral human lives. Questions were allowed – outside the realm – of what was to be believed; never within. In…
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I could feel the weight of worry increasing with each successive bend, each halting climb, along the precarious mountain road en-route Kalatop Wildlife Sanctuary. I’d have preferred my feet over the make-believe safety of our hired car. It’s one of the moments, in travel, when you think, “Have we tempted fate? Would today be the end of the…
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