Far across the sea I see.. a place waiting to be a place..where the mountains are deep and seas are high. I will be where no one has been… Into the darkness…into the wild, a free man’s place with wonders of its own kind. Flaming jungles like a forest fire, stoking the endless journey of […]
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Roopkund: A Walk In The Clouds
They say that if you make the mistake of venturing into the Himalayas even once you are doomed. Because they keep calling you back. Neither pictures, nor words can capture the magnificence of those mesmerising bugyals and towering peaks whose beauty brought tears to my eyes. Hope some of you will read this travelogue and feel […]
Teeming Life
I poked the anthill with my finger, Brown little ruins of a brown little town, And then teeming life, armies of glittering black, Old wars won, old wars lost. Tiny marching feet, tiny dunes of dust, And I thought teeming life came pouring out, Just to meet me. That I’d searched for mountains and found […]
The Doorway of Perception
Some people measure a day in Almora by whether the lofty Himalaya will peak through her veil of high altitude powder puff and the resultant powdery dust laden air. “See the Mountains today?” is the opening line of my neighbour after the usual good mornings. A ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer will determine the cosmic quality […]