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 !
We met them first in 2013 when we were in Bangalore and since then, they have become fast friends of ours. Every year when the Mango season begins, and they setup their stall, I get a call from them asking me when we are coming over. Read about them here – The Mango people. We never managed … Read more
The king of social media “Facebook” is faceless !! I have been on Facebook since 2009, and an active user since 2012. I probably started being an even more active user from 2015 onwards because we started our ShikshaDaan Yatra and the new ShikshaDaan website got launched which tracked our Yatra using the “Facebook” check-in … Read more
We have been members of Club Mahindra for almost a decade now. We have stayed in more than 7 of their resorts across India. With the exception of a few occasions, one item that has been common to all our stay is that we always came away with a list of service issues, and hence … Read more
In Dec 2015, when we got stranded in the Chennai Floods, Mom ran out of her BP medicine. We tried several medical shops but they didn’t have that particular medicine which she had the prescription for. Finally, I decided to order online. Logged onto the Netmeds website, and gave my aunt’s address as the delivery … Read more
Over the last couple of weeks I have had to face the consequences of two organisations functioning in a disconnected way, for whom I was a customer until recently. First, Future Generali India with whom we had insured our Skoda Yeti. The Yeti became a total loss vehicle in the Chennai floods of December 2015. … Read more
As I always book air tickets well in advance, for our September trip I had booked in Dec 2014 :). Was feeling super thrilled that I managed to get a good price. That feeling though got dented a little when the airlines started making schedule changes almost every month since. Finally on April 6th, they … Read more
Anuj Srivastava, am bringing back the discussion that you started on Facebook almost a couple of months back. Yesterday, we got the Yeti serviced by Gurudev Motors in Chennai at their Arumbakkam service centre. First, the service coordinator never called us back to confirm when we should collect the car. Then, Krishnan called him when … Read more
Yesterday Krishnan wanted to download the ShikshaDaan bank statements for a couple of months, so he logged onto the Kotak Bank online portal. The portal prompted him to change his password and he did. Just when he entered the new password, twice, as asked the internet connection broke and the screen froze on that page. … Read more
Of the many unpleasant situations that we face at work, the one that hurts us most is when someone takes credit for the work that we do. And this happens frequently. Whether it is our boss or a colleague, the feeling is one of feeling let down. Also, there are situations when we do a … Read more
It happened today and I wanted to make sure I record the good too !! I had called a Homestay, called Bansi Homestay, in Agra for an upcoming trip. The website didn’t allow me to book, so I sent in an enquiry and also called on the mobile numbers given. I didn’t get through on … Read more