Learning to Cycle on the Way to Kasauli
One fine morning in the early eighties, my roommate and I planned to visit Kasauli from Chandigarh. The bus was a costly affair for us. Thus, I suggested…
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Journeys, people and everyday experiences, in English and Hindi.
Memory and the Taste Buds
I stayed in Mumbai (then Bombay) for a few months in 1980. I liked its architecture and high-rise buildings; was impressed by the efficiency of local…
Musings about Bombay
I arrived at Victoria Terminus (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) around midnight in 1979 with all the imagination and apprehension of a teenager about…
No Substitute for Experience
There is an unmanned toll plaza a few km before Paonta Sahib when traveling from Dehradun. A few days back, while returning to Chandigarh from Dehradun…
Nura, the Young Juice Vendor
About 15 km before Dehra Dun, while traveling from Paonta Sahib, one comes across two km long undulating stretch with dense growth of tall, straight and…
Pedalling from Chandigarh to Shimla
The year was 1981, and the Christmas holidays were about to approach. We, three friends in their late teens, planned an outing during the impending break.…
Pele and the Shoeless Ones
I recently read the autobiography of the great footballer, Pele. His father was also a footballer. But a knee injury ended his football career and the…
Quite an Experience
It was the last week of September 2008 and twilight had just set in. The ensuing darkness engulfed the hillock that houses the imposing Shri Damodar…
Sweet and Sour Experiences
Recently, I was visiting my native place in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. I had just crossed Haridwar on my onward journey when I received a call from my…
The Angel
It is the first week of November 2021. The time is about 6 PM and darkness is in the process of engulfing the surroundings. Being Deepawali eve, there is…