Sheila craned her neck through the bars of the window. She first looked to her left until she could see the engine 12 wagons away as the train snaked a corner. Then she turned right quickly to catch the guard’s room at the very end 14 bogies down. She just couldn’t wait to get off at the […]
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When In Bali..
7 days. 6 nights. 2 girls. And 5,780 sq.kms of an island to explore. Who would say that’s anything short of a recipe for a mind-blowing adventure! We stepped out of Ngurah Rai International Airport one hot Saturday afternoon and learnt our first lesson barely 10 minutes after – When in Bali, get ready for some […]
Langkawi – A Little Bit Of Everything
To the music of the waves lapping the moonlit sands and Bruce Springsteen trying to keep time with them (from a stereo system), a lean and curly-haired, bare footed waiter is zigzagging his way towards our candlelit beachside table. One can tell he is a little tipsy. And not just from the way his Bermudas […]
Stories From Goa..
** If you are a writer, you will always find a story or a story will find you almost as if someone had set up a moment for you to look at and pointed, “Take note..remember this..write this down.” On an unplugged holiday after almost a decade when I refused to carry even a laptop […]
Growing Up With Cousin Killjoy
Memory 1 It’s summer time in Lansdowne. The hydrangeas are in full blue bloom. The bumble bees are bumbling along. There’s a nice warm sun smiling outside the house. Inside, temperatures are close to freezing. My 18-year-old long haired, long nosed cousin, referred to in family circles as The Genius (he shares a birth date […]