A Friend in Far Places

My backpack of eight years has been a most loyal companion on many, many, many travels. It has been with me to places Amit hasn’t; and with Amit to places I haven’t. It has, in fact, seen as much of the world as we both have – and we have seen a fair bit of [...]

Nike - But Please Don’t Just Do It

I was standing quietly at a traffic light – a red light, mind you – on Ring Road, minding my own business, waiting for the light to change, when a Maruti 800 drove over my foot!
Now, to be absolutely honest, it didn’t feel like a Maruti 800; it felt like someone had stepped on my [...]

Ranthambhore - The Second, Third, and Fourth Safaris

In the afternoon, we were lucky enough to venture on the same route again, albeit in the opposite direction. Routing in Ranthambhore is a complicated business. Each vehicle is assigned a specific route – one of seven – and is expected to adhere to this route without deviation. The vehicles are then distributed among the [...]

Ranthambhore - The First Safari

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Everything around us is brown, and dry, and dusty. The heat is still subdued – it’s only a few minutes past 6 a.m. – but holds promise of blistering fury later in the day. The landscape is awe-inspiring. Jagged, rocky outcrops rise several hundred feet from the valley floor, with steep, impossibly [...]