This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Roti – All about Food. Kapda – All about Sarees. Makaan – All about our home, the Earth.
If there is any doubt if India one day would be clean and train travel would be hassle free and enjoyable, please take the Swarn Shatabdi from New Delhi to Amritsar. The coach is spotless, the seats well appointed and everything works. Sitting right now in the Swarn Shatabdi on our way to Amritsar to … Read more
I ate a bagel with cream cheese today from Au Bon Pain and I was remembering the first time I tasted a bagel with cream cheese and fell in love with both … I think it happened in 2007 during one of my visits to Lincolnshire, I was attending an early morning meeting with Greg … Read more
In 1997 we went and stayed at our friend Raji and Mani’s place in Vashi – we had just shut down our business and were trying to find opportunities in Mumbai to restart our careers. One of those days, Nisha took us to a roadside pushcart vendor and introduced us to “dabeli” a snack that … Read more
There are some things about Singapore that I love – the cleanliness, the safety, for a long time the Changi airport was the best airport we had seen, the Jurong bird park, the MRT and Ananda Bhavan. Singapore was the first “foreign” country that I visited and it has been a lucky start…. Have had … Read more
My heart was in my mouth and my face turned ashen …. Had I finally done the unthinkable ? Lost my office laptop and my personal iPad ?? This was the conclusion of my fastest ride – on the 300 kmph speed demon called the Maglev in Shanghai. My colleague and I are going to … Read more
The two words etched in all our memories from this latest term in Brazil is Sustainable development – it’s about not borrowing from the future, not depleting without replenishing and leaving a better world behind. It’s difficult for the human race, our DNA is hard wired to borrowing from the future. Parents borrow their child’s … Read more
Am on my first ever long haul direct flight… Six of us are travelling to Rio De Janeiro for the 7th term and its a 14 hour flight from Dubai to Rio. We still have 4 hours to go and it already seems like forever. I have written two blogs, probably will write a few … Read more
Yesterday morning, we went on a trek in the Mudumalai forest. Exciting ? Yes and the forest is so beautiful. We had two local boys as guides. On Saturday evening, we had booked the trek with the Club Mahindra events coordinator and since mom was with us and we hadn’t got the shoes to do … Read more
When you have no TV – you have so much more time !! We went to Club Mahindra’s Masinagudi resort yesterday. Suggestion – Never leave Bangalore to go towards Coorg, Ooty after 6 am – the traffic is just CRAZY. I had decided not to get angry but it’s just impossible. Many people on a … Read more
On Jan 11, I finally completed 10000 kms …. Cycling. And while it has been delayed by nearly 18 months, I still feel great having achieved that milestone. Am no athlete, I gave up on the little badminton that I played right through college, as soon as I married Krishnan and then the only competition … Read more