Summer of ’22

On a normal day of uninspiring June, a blast of dissolving salted caramel magic in my mouth flung me into another dimension from which I might never escape. Turning a blind eye to all the timeless beauty moms and their squabbling toddlers, I threw myself into an obvious discussions of summer jobs among my friends. …

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Travel therapy

I have spent initial years in school wondering what these mandatory annual trips in big families meant. I thought my family was not familiar with this concept or the budget would weigh us down, financially. This thought did not last longer as I started going to all the school trips every year for 5 years …

Rajasthan – Cynosure of Bhansali’s big hit

Part 3 The next day I woke up to a fuss. My friends were bustling around, in the room ,speaking in a hushed tone. Before I said a word, I was told to show up at the breakfast table, along with my luggage, as we were checking out right after. At full tilt, I got …

Regal Forts of the Royals

Part 2 At 11 , the next morning, we had reached the "seat of power"- The Amer Fort. An elephant ride to the fort would have been like reliving the past all over cobbled pathways. But since we had a lot of zoophilists in our group, it was a big no-no. Anyway, Jeeps would cost …

A Whiff of Royalty in the ‘Pink City’

Part 1I had calmed down enough to face the fact that I was about to travel to Rajasthan in 'summer'. My followers would know, I travel to places at worst times possible. Even though it was an ill-timed decision of the university, my classmates were doing the happy dance soon after the announcement.We had an …

The Green Paradise

Part 4 Hows it going? Y'all! So this part of the blog has highlights of the next couple of days I spent in and around the "green paradise"-Wayanad( native place of the devil). The following day, we were all set to visit the Edakkal Caves. My stomach is usually calm in the morning but Devil …

THE CONFERENCE DAY

Part -3 Its 7.00 am, I am wide awake and shaking inexplicably. I am sitting on the chair, right next to the bed, muted and thinking about all the worst possibilities of messing up the paper presentation. I can’t help but envy Sai who is fast asleep. As much as I know that it is …

In the land of coconut, toddy, and men in lungi.

Part 2 We have just arrived at the Cochin International airport, and it already feels good. There is a sense of calmness outside the airport with warm air blowing around. It is 5 in the morning and guess what, Sai and I are rushing to the washroom. It was one and a half hours flight, …

Kerala: God’s Own Country with Devil’s Own People.

Part 1 My First Flight. I’m all excited. Tonight I’m going to board my first flight ever, and I’m going to God’s Own Country (with the Devil as my guide), Kerela. I have always dreamt of how it would be to fly and used to spend most of my time watching youtube videos of masses …