It has been quite a while and I have had enough rest, I thought to myself as I turned on my sides and tried to get a hold of my phone. It showed 4 O'clock in the evening. It indeed was time for me to end my siesta and get up. Lazily I put my … Continue reading 4 PM
With my mind wandering every night to the Uttarakhand mountains, staying away was unbearable. It had been one whole year since our transfer to Jorhat, Assam but we were still engulfed in the charm of the Himalays. We finally decided on a trek/pilgrimage to Rudranath, climbing which was as difficult as defeating the Germans. ( … Continue reading German se Ladai Aur Rudranath ki Chadhai
Morning Light - A photographer's delight! Many of us had returned back to Gopeshwar after visiting our home towns during the summer vacation of our institute. We were desperately looking forward to an outing. The plan was to go on a casual hike, or so we thought. On the eve of our planned hike ominous … Continue reading The Casual Hike
My first encounter with English and its accompanying confusions started in the toilet. "It's an English Toilet", my father informed me. I wondered what purpose it served, since I sat the same way I did in my normal toilet in Bihar. The daily ascent to the top required a lot of effort. If anything this … Continue reading English Confusion
The faint aroma of samosas being fried was making me impatient. It takes forever for the Samosa to reach the magical golden brown. The halwai seems to tease you with his ladle motions and Just when it seems that he is going take the bunch out of the humongous kadhai, he puts them back in. … Continue reading Samosas in Bangalore
If you let go of expectation, more often than not you will be rewarded with a fulfilling experience. This holds true for movies ,books, life in general and as we'll see a bike trip in the Himalayas. Our companion on this wonderful journey, lent to us by our friend. We weren't really sure where we … Continue reading Rubble, Rain, Hot Tea and Spiritual Bliss
Having finally caught some sleep after shivering from the bone chilling cold most of the night, I started dreaming of the incredible vistas I had seen during the day. In dreams, one's subconscious usually comes up with images which are fantasy but obviously my brain had difficulty conjuring up images any better than the one … Continue reading Morning at Rudranath
It was late night and we had climbed all the way to the top making our way through narrow paths lit up by the torch-light of our phones. For a few of us the vision would blur at regular intervals, which indicated it was time to stop and clean up our glass lenses from the … Continue reading Devbhoomi Indeed
Anarchicpsyche 