Discomfort, when it is honestly uncomfortable and makes no nauseous pretensions to the contrary, is a vastly humorous business. (‘Travels with a donkey’ by RL Stevenson)
Lighted lanes
Lallan* sat…
There is nothing like piping hot jalebis on winter dusks. Some of my fondest memories of Delhi itself revolve around the anticipation as vendors take their sweet time churning these…
To paraphrase a Victor Hugo, nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. Farmfrnd is just that – an idea most pertinent to our times. ‘The app seeks to…
Willys meant cops. So when the jeep stopped outside her house the new bride peered outside the window a lot anxious. The big burly with twirled moustache and rolled up…
Peregrination follows ruination.
When Naropa decided to leave Nalanda it was because of a devastation of epic physical proportions – the ancient university lay razed by a series of invader ransacking…
Day 3
Jhansi – Nagpur: 594 km
Distances and midway points
Jhansi – Lalitpur – Sagar: 202 km
Sagar – Narsinghpur – Seoni: 265 km
Seoni – Nagpur: 127 km
(From…
Goa / Escape routes
The path was so pretty he knew it would be a dead end. It was six in the morning and he had crept out of bed without…
Forest
Where there is indescribable beauty, expect to find god in the vicinity. In the pristine mountains of Himachal Pradesh, devtas, the goddesses who are the genius loci, are taken…
Advanced age hinders accepting more than it hampers understanding. The resistance fuelled by conditioning than sound sense or fair play. My folks know there’s a contagion in the air and…