Yes! You can actually see stars here at Saputara. No, not the Bollywood variety or the ones purportedly seen in the day. The real, celestial ones! This is made possible on account of the altitude that this relativ ely undiscovered hill town is located at, mainly due to the clean, fresh air, spread across hectares […]
When it rains, it pours! And it is pouring here in Mumbai and around. The transformation is immediate and obvious. The city transforms with its flooded streets, delayed public transport system and harried commuters. The country side transforms differently. The brown gives way to the green, the white and grey of rivers gives way to […]
Mumbaikars! Imagine lounging on a deck chair on the side of a river, feet dipped in cool mountain spring water, day time temperatures hovering around the 18 degree Celsius mark, a cool refreshing drink in hand and the sound of busy birds ringing in your ears. Then, the ding-dong of the doorbell violently pierces through […]
She was beautiful. We took her out for a ride. She sounded purrrfect! The ‘THUMP’ was just right on this one year old. This was going to be my ride for the next 10 days! I’m talking about the 350cc Royal Enfield Motorcycle, on which we rode 475 kms from Manali to Leh – what […]
It was 5 am in the morning. It was raining. Daylight was breaking behind the mountains on the side of which our cottage was perched. There was an urgency in our movements – we needed to hit the road as soon as possible to beat the tourist traffic which would start pouring in for the […]
Isn’t there a connection between the earthy scent that emanates from the soil when touched by the first raindrops, and the nostalgia it triggers? The word describing that scent is ‘Petrichor’. Now if one were to forage the length and breadth of this concrete jungle for that perfect patch of soiled paradise, replete with nature’s […]