Early morning beauty of Rachenahalli Lake

Rachenahalli lake

 BEEP BEEP BEEP  rang my cellphone alarm, reached for it in a daze and tumbled out of my bed to look out of my window.Early dawn light had just began to filter into my day . You could feel a calm cool breeze in th air.I thought to myself ” this is a good morning […]

Travel Diary : Surfing in Pondicherry

Surfer Hitesh Kumar

    I am yet to find the words to express the feeling of the first wave I surfed,These surfers from across the oceans wrote poems ,which relate to that feeeeling of being propelled by sheer wave force.Handing over to them to share with you      Surfing   It’s not the waves you catch, […]

Spotting a Shikra

Birding

    I just happened to catch the silhouette of its winged flight and looked up to just catch it perching in our garden’s tree. I raced to the top of stairs leading to our terrace and hurriedly aimed with my camera.Praying that it didn’t whisk away into another flight ,laughing at the photographer’s predicament […]

Coolest Passports

Travel documents

Loved the day I got my first passport.I remember the feeling of surging pride when I was required to show my passport at the immigration counter.It felt like a powerful affirmation of me being an Indian. Here is a Norwegian passport ,with some pretty cool artwork.Indian Ministry of external affairs ,we could use some of […]

Base camp leader at Dalhousie

Volunteering as camp leader

Overwhelming memories of being Base camp leader for over 1312 trekkers at Dalhousie.Each trekker was unique.Each trekkers famous question was “Will I see snow ?” I was there to see them all successfully complete the trek and return back to basecamp. I simply loved listening to them ,when they excitedly shared there  experience at Kalatop,Khajjiar […]