The Tibetan community has been in Mcleodganj for close to five decades now, but the nostalgia for home and country is evident on the faces of Tibetans I see on the streets. Despite the trappings of modern life – cellphone, internet, fast food – that the community seems to have adopted, what stands out is [...]
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Longing, belonging
Posted in DesiPundit, The hills are alive, tagged Mcleodgunj, Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, Dalai Lama, Kangra, North India, Norbulingka Institute, Tibet, Norbulingka on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Journey to Little Lhasa
Posted in DesiPundit, Published, The hills are alive, tagged Dalai Lama, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, Mcleodganj, Mcleodgunj, Mid-Day, photoessay, Published, Sunday Mid-Day, travel story, travelog, travelogue on April 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It is 50 years since the Dalai Lama came to India – this is a photoessay that appeared in Sunday Mid-Day (April 05) on my trip to Mcleodganj…
It is really early in the morning and still dark when we set out for a walk. There is a whiff in the air, not the smell of [...]
Lost on the way from Lhasa
Posted in Published, The hills are alive on February 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My piece on Mcleodganj appeared in Mint Lounge last weekend. You can read it on the mint website (if that makes any difference)… The Tibetan book of living, in pdf form here…
And for those too weary to click, read on here…
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On any quiet morning, the reverberations of “Om mani padme hum” seem to rise from [...]
Kumaon journey 2
Posted in The hills are alive on March 29, 2006 | 4 Comments »
This is the second part of my memories from a holiday in Uttaranchal a couple of years ago. Read Kumaon journey 1 first.
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Moving on half-heartedly from Kausani, we then made our way to Binsar. We had been warned that travel to Binsar included a steep incline on a one track road for the last [...]
Kumaon journey 1
Posted in The hills are alive on March 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The hills are alive with the sound of… silence? Although calling the magnificent Himalayas ‘hills’ is rather like calling Mickey Mouse a rat.
Uttaranchal offers something for everyone… mountains, rivers, lakes, glaciers, wildlife sanctuaries, temples. You can stand by and watch from a distance and be awed by the breath-taking splendor of it all – [...]
Different viewpoint, same view…
Posted in Maharshtra weekends, The hills are alive on March 22, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Matheran is said to have a purported thirty eight view points – all duly identified and named. When we reach there on a rainy Saturday expecting it to be empty (why did we think no one else was foolish enough to brave it all the way up in the heavy rain?), the place is jumping [...]
In search of the elusive flamingo
Posted in Maharshtra weekends, The hills are alive on December 7, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted at Kalyan on the way to Malshej Ghat : Siva Shakti English Covent School
And for famished reptile lovers, on the menu at Sushant Hotel in Malshej Ghat – Veg Snakes
Not spotted : the flamingos we went in search of, all the way to Malshej Ghat, braving the potholes and the heavy rains.
The road was [...]
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Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing" - Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware - Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours - J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort - Aldous Huxley
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