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 !
Holi this year seems to have drained the color off some faces and added a myriad hues to some other faces !! With Jyotiraditya Scindia meeting the Prime Minister, Home Minister and the BJP party President, its obvious that he is planning to join the BJP. That he was Rahul Gandhi’s “friend” made no difference … Read more
I picked this article about the fascinating ruins of Dholavira from the TOI e-paper, a few days back. While presenting the budget, our Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that five archaeological sites will be developed as “iconic” destinations. These five sites are – Rakhigarhi, Hastinapur, Shivsagar, Dholavira and Adichaunallur. For a history buff like me, … Read more
We have recorded the episodes of OMG Yeh Mera India because it gives us a glimpse of several extraordinary achievements of ordinary Indians and very interesting locations to visit. The episode that we watched a few days back, showcased the world’s largest bird sculpture at Kollam, Kerala. Jatayu Earth’s Centre The background – All those … Read more
Did you guess what this is ? Freshly made pineapple juice ! When you use a slow juicer, pineapple fizz raises to the top. I have enjoyed pineapples only in Shillong. They were so sweet and juicy. When Krishnan and I visited Shillong in 2003, we again gorged on the pineapples. Infact when my friend … Read more
Today it rained in the evening and for an hour or so, around 6 pm the skies cleared and the Sun bid goodbye for the day … Captured the beautiful twilight hour in a few photographs that do no justice to the spectacle :).
I miss Count Rostov, Hotel Metropol, Nina, Sofia, Anna, Marina, Mishka, Emile, Andrey, IdleHour, the Boyarsky…. I miss reading this book. I want to know what happened to Sofia and to Count Rostov after the last page in the novel. I never thought I would come across a book that I felt should never end. … Read more
In the last two days we have been out in Delhi and Noida. We went by road and by metro. Sharing a few pictures that I clicked of interesting buildings, the traffic and the wonderful Qutub Minar. As I said to my friend Aneesha .. I cannot ever leave Delhi. You walk over 10000 years … Read more
Yesterday we took the metro to Jayanth’s office in C.P. Since we boarded the train at about 4.15 pm there was hardly any crowd and we managed to enjoy the ride sitting throughout. The one thing that was different though, many people had their masks on ! With some people testing positive for the corona … Read more
I read the news item about Jack Welch’s passing away last night, just three minutes after it got posted on Times of India news app… I felt sad even though I had never met the man and I had nothing to do with GE. I had never met the man, but I knew all about … Read more
Sometimes when the whole anti-Modi, HMV (Hate Modi Voices) cabal start whining and wringing their hands about how terrible the Modi government is, I remember certain “fake” numbers. “2.93 crore fake ration cards”, “4.23 crore fake/inactive LPG connections” etc etc. The whole CONgress/Left eco system was fed through such “fake” ration cards, fake gas connections, … Read more