Victorious
How do you enjoy art without feeling the human behind the poured genius? You are afraid of grief. You cannot bear to listen to trauma and refuse to note its signs not even when...
Tagged: renewal
A Kumari Contemplates Kathmandu Durbar Square
The tour guide seemed to hope greatly. An older man, he insisted on showing me his credentials as an authorised independent guide with quiet dignity. And he continued giving me his pitch on why...
Anywhere, Away With You
Come let’s go out and play! I understand now, why they call it being ‘re-born’. Looking back, the stages that I passed since taking the leap into change almost 5 years ago, seem very like...
The Tide to Dhigurah and Jumping Overboard
I hadn’t even arrived in Dhigurah yet. My flight to Maamigili, where I would transfer by boat to the atoll island of Dhigurah was late that night. But Day 0 of my volunteering stint...
I Was Sent A Manta Ray For My Birthday
My birthday was not at all turning out as I expected. It was supposed to be good that year, as I was in the Maldives volunteering for a whale shark monitoring program with the...
2 Days in Tacloban: Beyond Yolanda
Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a wayfarer.* The city of Tacloban in the Philippines has a couple of distinctions. First, it was where the American General MacArthur landed...
Solo Female Travel: Confessions of an Overachiever
I have about 2 weeks to go before I head to Nepal. And I am going alone. The big ticket things are booked now, and no cold feet madness can be tolerated. So I am...
The Lost Wings
The Lost Wings I did not believe you when you insisted My wings were beautiful. In the water I have seen them reflected – And they were muddy as the river. But you, how...
New Growth in the Green Woods of Sirsi, India
My first visit to the exotic subcontinent of India did not begin in Delhi, nor in Rajasthan, nor anywhere along the well-trodden backpackers trail. It was in Sirsi, for the second volunteer expedition of...
Chatsworth Treasures, and To Thine Own Self Be Blue
Teja and the Treasure Room of Chatsworth House Near the end of my Derbyshire trip, I went to visit the stately home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth House. In an earlier article...
The First Taal Expedition: Tagaytay Befogged
Tagaytay In life, you feel the things you lack the most. It is harder to see the treasures secure in the vault. However, I am conscious that I have the treasure of friendships – diverse, and...
The Metamorphosis of the Blue Period: It Began in Black
As part of my pretence of being a creative person, clearly it should come with a Blue Period of my own. Once, a long time ago when I was studying in Wales, I travelled on...
