Journeys

BlogKerala

Kerala-Chellanam

I was in Chellanam , a village near Cochin last week talking to some locals who make vanji or the ...
BlogSikkim

At Nathulla Pass – A crash course in Chinese

One of the many boards at Nathulla Pass – The Indo China Border atop 14000 feet , near Gangtok. Sikkim. ...
BlogKerala

Happy Deepavali and Im off to Kochi

Its customary that we take a holiday in the first week of November and I was itching to go this ...
BlogSikkim

Sikkim – monasteries around Gangtok

There is something magical about a monastery that cannot be explained. Spinning the prayer wheels, we entered the Lingdum or ...
BlogSingapore

Deepavali Bonanza

Ive been in for a lot of surprises this year and another one greeted me today. I had been out ...
BlogSikkim

Sikkim – a walk in the clouds

You can write an ode to the mist in Sikkim or lose yourself in the fog. But the clouds tell ...