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 !
I studied classes 7th to 9th at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Happy Valley, Shillong. This was between 1980 to 1983 and Shillong was truly heaven. My friends and I walked to school many days, through tiny streams, through walking paths picking berries and not falling sick for a single day ! We walked everywhere because there were … Read more
Since August this year, we have had a family of 5 green parrots (or parakeets) making their way to our neighbour’s balcony. They screech across from the tower opposite ours to the tower that’s adjacent and then more recently two of them have started to sit on the air conditioner in our neighbour’s balcony. I … Read more
Does any reader recognise the above collage ? Chances are no one does. Here’s the story behind these pictures…. On Nov 7th 1966, there were 300,000 to 700,000 people on the streets of Delhi demanding a ban on cow slaughter which is provided for in the constitution of India. The then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira … Read more
On Oct 31st, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s tallest statue, the “Statue of Unity” at Kevadia, Gujarat. The man who made our country India, out of 565 small and large princely states deserves not just the world’s tallest statue but several more accolades. The India that we bicker in, the India that we defend, … Read more
As the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and comprising Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph adjourned the hearing on petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid site title dispute to January 2019 I suddenly feel the need to live in a country that is … Read more
As the general elections of 2019 get closer, there is a sudden spurt in posturing, name-calling and vote gathering moves by all political parties. This is also an election that will be the proverbial last nail on the rotting coffin called the CONgress. A party that pays homage to one family and has no scruples … Read more
Saturday Sept 8, 2018 – Prague to Frankfurt Posted from onboard the EC117 using the phone’s hotspot as there was no wifi on the train. While the German rail network (DB) is awesome, strangely, there are no direct connections from Prague to Frankfurt. All the trains I got had a connection from Dresden, so … Read more
I had posted my earlier blog from the train station at Oxenholme, Lake District. Am writing this post from the same place using the “virgintrainswifi”. We reached Kendal yesterday and had hoped to see Windermere and Grasmere in the Lake District in the morning today before taking our train to Edinburgh at 6 pm. Unfortunately … Read more
August 21, 2018 This was a typical touristy day in London. We caught the two most important tourist attractions – Madame Tussauds and London Eye. In Madame Tussauds our sole interest was of course to click a picture with ModiJi as we are fans. What we realised as we neared his wax statue is that … Read more
Aug 20, 2018 – Monday We started really early to catch the Queen at Buckingham Palace. We were still late ! There were hordes of people outside the gates by 10.15 to watch the change of guard. We walked around a bit trying to find a good spot but they were hard to come by. … Read more