To school in Sikkim
We are on our way back from North Sikkim to Gangtok when Shelly waves down our cab. As we stop to let her in, she …
6 continents. 55 countries. 22 Indian states. 18 years of travel blogging.
We are on our way back from North Sikkim to Gangtok when Shelly waves down our cab. As we stop to let her in, she …
I had ranted long ago about the Lonely Planetization of Travel – I had just returned from Hampi and was irritated above all, by the …
I am chatting with Nancy, the local school teacher at Lachung village at North Sikkim about her school and students. She tells me that Hindi …
In monasteries, as everywhere else in India, cricket rules. Here, one chilly winter morning at Bylakuppe near Coorg in Karnataka, young monks are at serious …
The silent, introspective poses… At Rumtek near Gangtok considered the largest and most important monastery in Sikkim… A few days later, at Pemayangtse monastery near …
There is something about high altitude lakes – you climb up the mountains roads, gritting your teeth though the hairpin bends and unpaved surfaces and …
This piece appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Mid-day as ‘How google almost ruined my holiday’ – I had initially titled the piece ‘Death by google’ 🙂 …
ten thousand saw I at a glance / tossing their heads in sprightly dance / Buddhist prayer flags… Everywhere I turn in Sikkim, the prayer …