My mum, the pilot

Once upon a time, a little girl was told that women shouldn’t fly airplanes … I grew up knowing ‘mum … More

A hike in the Himalayan snow

We left the glimmering lake at Dodital to climb another thousand metres, ascending pine forests, crossing streams and meadows to … More

The Galata Mevlevi Museum | Istanbul | February 2020 *** A few months ago I had the good fortune to … More

In honour of International Women’s Day, I’m reposting a blog post I wrote a few years ago which was featured … More

I hiked through a Himalayan snowstorm and felt all tough … till we met an old holyman who had done … More

It wasn’t quite how I imagined the start of my Himalayan adventure. This is the second part of the blog … More

The first post of a new blog series about going up the Himalayas mainly on Indian public transport buses. Taken … More

Man, those Assamese really know how to party. Here’s something I’m reposting from a couple of years ago, fond memories … More

It was a day that started serene, went chaotic and became serene again. A chaos sandwich, if you will This … More

Men’s bathroom protocol | What goes on in the men’s loos? | What is a loo? | A funny incident| … More