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Ezhikkara is where my Tharavad (ancestral home) is. As kids, this is where we got together and spent most of our school vacations. A small..

Located near Guruvayoor temple in Kerala, is a unique elephant sanctuary Punnathurkotta. If you are an elephant lover, this is a place you..

Today is Vishu – the Malayalam new year. Have a blessed year.

I am currently part of a project that involves visiting lots of schools. It gives me a chance to be among children – a joyful experience i..

“You have to do upasana daily” – he replied to me in soft voice.

Standing on the shores of river Souparnika, I had struck up a conversa..

This was one place that, for me, has been so close yet so far. A place I always wanted to visit, but never got around to doing it. Finally..

”Don’t be afraid your life will end;
Be afraid that it will never begin.”
– Grace Hansen

Here’s to another new beginning – Happy New Year!

Talking about happy, here’s an edX course you could check out (thanks to my buddy ‘LJ’ for sending me the link): https://www.edx.org/course/science-happiness-uc-berkeleyx-gg101x#.VKtiJsnP-RC

Mangalore, or Mangaluru as it is now called, is one tiny city in Karnataka that is really undersold when it comes to tourism. I live in th..

“I’ve never been to Fort Kochi“, she mumbled, as she sat staring out of the car window, absorbing the scenes whizzing past. My mother spen..

“Gooood moooorniiiiing Pondi!!!!”: cried out the message on my mobile as the train pulled into Puducherry railway station.

That was my ..

“The sense of impossibility is the beginning of all possibilities.”
– Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950)