Down the Telegraph Road

Bestest Food:

2012-02-20T02:05:00.000-08:00

No, it’s not what you have eaten at the new French restaurant or the Biryani at the Muslim joint or even the sandwiches at the sandwich and juice counters in Town. The best food that you can ever taste is a simple home cooked meal in a village deep within India.Have you ever tasted hot Bajre ka roti with loads of ghee and jaggery on a cold winter day? Or simple kichhdi and zunka in the midst of a

Turning 40:

2012-01-27T10:39:00.000-08:00

I think 90% of women have had a panic attack when they turned 30. For most, it’s a time of stalk taking of life and future planning. For whatever reasons, I never felt the need for all of that. Looking back, each decade was so markedly different.... like a book in parts.Teen age was full of fun, giggles, carefree days, tons of anticipation and deep innocent friendships. The 20s, as the saying

How Not to be a traveler:

2011-11-27T09:17:00.000-08:00

Situation 1:Traveling through some narrow bad road in the hills of Madhya PradeshMe: Ohh…we forgot to take water.Co-traveler: We will buy a bottleMe: From where?Co-Traveler: Am sure we can get it here. (and points to a tiny pan/kirana store)We were crossing a small village which looked really poor and the pan shop seemed like the only shop there.Me: You think you will get a mineral water bottle

Tea, Chai and its various cousins:

2011-11-06T05:58:00.000-08:00

That necessary morning cuppa, your travel memories on many a road trip, the energizer after a particularly tiring day or the calming effect after a stressful experience. A delightful way to spend time with a close friend or just sit alone with a hot cup looking out on a grey drizzling sky. What would life be without that cup of chai!Traveling across the country I have noticed that those 3 or 4

Land of Khushi Khushi:

2011-10-06T04:11:00.000-07:00

“I proposed to two Czech girls on my way up but they were not interested. When I reached the summit, Krishna Patil was sitting there and as I was getting ready to propose to her on camera…the battery died.” Tapi Mra let out an infectious laugh. The diminutive Everester had a slight hunch and looked very unlike a mountaineer. We bumped into him at Itanagar's state museum where he had come to

Good Food:

2011-08-28T10:33:00.000-07:00

Which seems almost non-existent in Bombay. And it took me 4 years to realize that. Anybody who comes to Bombay for the first time will think that people here are mad about food. Which is kind of true. Look at Bandra itself. There are eateries everywhere, in all possible lanes and by-lanes. Infact, one can go to a new restaurant in Bandra for every day of the year and still find some new places

Random Notes:

2011-08-07T10:18:00.000-07:00