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A Homecoming !

Bratislava, Slovakia. Wednesday, 10th May 2017 Etihad Airways' flight EY-71 from Abu Dhabi was losing height, as the pilot prepared to...

Random Musings (reflections, Europe 2016)

Nashik, Sunday 29th May 2016 If comparisons are odious, they are inevitable too. Two trips to Europe with a gap of one year in between...

(C)hair raising !

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Monday, 21st May 2018 What a thrilling experience ! The chair-lift at Vianden, a petite, charming hamlet...

Inside a fairy tale !!

Praha, Czechia. Friday, 23rd May 2014 Another long-standing desire of mine was fulfilled today - a trip to the Bohemian town of Cesky...

Windmills, etc.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10th May,2018 If the tulips of Keukenhof had mesmerised us, the tiny hamlet of Zaanse Schans simply took our...

Dekha ek khwab... !

Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Thursday, 10th May, 2018 "Pyaar ke hazaron deep hain khile hue" kept coming to mind on this day, one of the...

Behind the Iron Curtain

Praha, Czechia. Monday, 19th May 2014 After resting for a little over an hour, we set off for the first exploration of this capital of...

An awakening !

Zurich, Switzerland. Thursday, 26th May 2016. Woke up at 05:30; brushed and went down to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast. It was...

Little India in Myanmar

Yangon, Myanmar. Sunday, 5th January 2003. Today I visited a village called Zayawaddy, approx. 250 kms. from Yangon, with my supplier...

A Myanmar Hill-Station

Yangon, Myanmar. Wednesday, 7th December 2005 Our customer from Singapore flew in to Yangon with his assistant, on Sunday evening. Their...

Thadingyut !

Yangon, Myanmar. Friday, 10th October 2003 Yangon is currently celebrating the Myanmar Festival of lights. This is observed to mark the...

Remembering the Lokmanya

Yangon, Myanmar. Tuesday, 23 December 2003. Returned from Mandalay on Saturday evening. It was a quick trip, as we flew both ways. As a...

Whatta festival !!

Yangon, Myanmar, 15th April 2003 It cannot be sheer co-incidence that the New Years of many fall in April. While we had our own...

Magnet !

Yangon, Myanmar. Tuesday, 29 July 2003. We set out early in the wee hours of Saturday morning for the 550km journey from Yangon to Hlaing...

Turmeric at Kyaukse

Myanmar; November 2003. I was back from the visit to Kyaukse this morning. I suppose I can describe it as fruitful. Enjoyable it...

Abode of the Gods

Travelogue, Himachal Pradesh, June 2000. With a sigh of relief I boarded a DTC coach at the Sector-43 bus stand in Le Corbusier’s city...

Blyton to Bond... and beyond!

It all began on a warm, summer day of April 1975! I was twelve when I was introduced to Madam Blyton. It sparked off a love-affair the...

Twice stops a belt - 24th April 2003

Stepping out of a rickety Toyota taxi, I collected my luggage from its smelly boot. The luggage comprised two medium-sized blue suitcases...

Down memory lane.

Nashik, 8th April, 2021. The date takes me back 42 years! This day, way back in 1979, proved to be a red-letter day in my life. It is...

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