Big story from a tiny village
My cousin Jayakrishnan (JK) has been working hard to set up a ‘Tinkering lab’ in a school in our village; the one where he did his early e..
‘Calaveras Pintadas’ and Natgeo
This is one of those little joys of life (the micro-happiness bits) that helps you keep going when nothing else is really working for you:..
Street photography
As I have probably mentioned in one of my earlier posts, it was around the time that my son was born – way back in 2003 – that I actually ..
Odhens, Dog cafe, Dosas & more
So life has been moving along, rather like a passenger train over the past few months with a fair share of fun, travel, work and of course..
Thoroughly enjoyable things to do in Mexico City
In one of my earlier posts, I had listed down some of my initial thoughts and observations about the exciting, colourful and bustling Mexi..
In other news / May 2019
So I am back from Mexico city, but the hangover from the visit still persists (no. I am not talking about the Tequila). I think it is goin..
A Lucha libre (Mexican wrestling) experience
I’d seen those masks in the airport shops when I first entered Mexico. Those colourful masks, which I assumed were fancy gift ideas for ki..
Portrait Photography
Photography is a hobby that I picked up about 15 years ago, around the time my son was born. I should thank him for that; for, it was to c..
McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala: a photo story
After our last year’s trip to Varanasi and Bodhgaya, my friend ‘Smiling Buddha’, Deepak and I were back on the road again; this time to th..
A dash of life from Mexico City
November 2018, Mangalore: I was to travel to Mexico City for work, and truth be told, I wasn’t feeling exactly comfortable about the propo..
A Winter-Olympian in the making from sunny Mangalore
It is 5.45am, and I am huffing and puffing my way to the concrete road near Thannirbhavi beach in Mangalore on a bicycle. I am to meet a s..
Notes on Certifications: Udacity, Symbiosis
Over the past year or so, I have been trying to get some formal training on areas that may not be directly related to work I do; but have ..
2 lovely days in Lalit Bekal
I met them – Kathakali artist Sukumaran and his companion – in (what I thought) was the unlikeliest of places – in one of the corridors of..
A trip to Nalanda, Bodh Gaya and Varanasi: Part 2
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this story, please read it here before you proceed any further.
We left peaceful Bodh Gaya to head to ano..
A trip to Nalanda, Bodh Gaya and Varanasi: Part 1
I grabbed a cup of hot bella coffee from the crowded Hatti Kaapi outlet outside the Bangalore airport terminal, and found a comfortable se..