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Fifty Shades of Purple
We walked towards one of our favourite pubs in Bangalore, belting past the street vendors, groups of Bangalore college students, and recognizable bunches of...
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Istanbul Day Tour: A Small Bite of Turkish Delight
In addition to the ticket price one of the key factors which made me book a Turkish Airlines flight to Spain was the Tour Istanbul- a free day tour offered by...
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Kerala: Backwaters and Beyond
It was the first week of monsoons in Kerala. The distinctive muddy scent of first rain had faded and given way to an imagery of vivid greens all around, which...
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Pak-e-Mysore
The story of Mysore Pak is close to my heart, one full of love and equal amounts of good cholesterol. Mysore Pak is quite simply my favourite sweet. There is...
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Recalling Indian Coffee House
I am a frequent visitor to the multiple coffee shops in Mumbai. During these visits I have developed a special affection for the filter coffee joints at...
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To Sri Lanka, with Love.
Hi Sri Lanka, I am quite to used to writing letters, just that it has been some time since I felt like writing one for someone. But then I couldn't resist...
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Brain Freeze and Defrost, Gangtok Style
Standing there, I was witnessing one of the most stunning visuals of my life. A semi-frozen lake, solid on the edges, and covered on the sides with...
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अमृतसरी प्रेम कहानी, जो हो न सकी...
निकला था मैं देश देखने, खाने पीने, और कुछ अच्छा लिखने. क्या पता था यह सफ़र मेरा दिल तोड़ देगा, ग़म भरे मोड़ पर ला कर मुझे छोड़ देगा. भरवान दा ढाबा के वोह करारे...
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A Walk through Misty-cal Shimla
It is still early in the morning and Shimla is slowly waking up to the misty morning chill and steaming tea vessels. The bus stop seems quite unprepared for...
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Thali Memoirs and A Visit to Rajdhani
Honestly, I have slightly moved away from the Thali format (by Thali I mean the Unlimited Thali formats, representative of the scores of...
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So who wants to join me in Kerala :)
While I was on travel last month I came across a travel writing contest being organized by Mystikal Holidays, a Kerala based travel firm. I was in Shimla and...
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A Deepdive into Varanasi: Into Freedom, Food, and Filth.
The chaos around Varanasi represents the enormous variety of religious traditions which Hinduism stands for, at the same time also reflecting the freedom of...
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The Curse of the Ring
It was my first winter in Ahmedabad. And a cold winter it was. I remember very few things from that period, maybe there was hardly anything worth remembering....
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Positive thoughts?
Life has been a bit off colour lately, as if what happened last month wasn’t enough here I am at home, for the past two weeks, eating boiled food and fruits...
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Ahhh... we won it!?
It was a weird feeling, a never before kind of experience, roaming around near Shivaji Park at night, thousands of people of all kinds on street. I think it...
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Midnight in Varanasi
The ghats don't sleep. Neither did I, the first time I saw them lit by a thousand oil lamps.
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Block 83
When you leave school for college, a million things run in your mind, staying away from your family for the first time, the kind of people you will end up...
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मदन - कहानी एक Pub की
Starring Chipu ( I have decided to write a book on the life and times of this guy) Rattu Bhussu And Dandit Mimpy Bho-Bho-ti Pat-rick Nippu Friendly Appearance...
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Of things Artificial, and those Natural
Love being Natural? Yes you would say, but are we ever natural! On an auto ride with my friend in Delhi we debated the artificial vs. natural thing like never...
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The Times of Navratri- Edition 2
Sometime in 2002, somewhere in Gujarat Hostel life, weird quizzes & scary electronics course make up my life nowadays. Although I am enjoying riding cycle...
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Short and Sweet Holi :)
10-11:15 Am on 11th Mar'09 Shortest Holi ever for me, it started and ended pretty soon. But we won. We won over the Kala Bandar of exams, quizzes, tension of...
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First month at...
I am a month old in this MBA thing today, just woke up to the sound of the Jhaaduwaala on a lazy Thursday morning. The only day that I remember nowadays, about...
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Bye Bye Bangalore
It's Game Over Bangalore. 14th June' 2006- 16th May'2008 So bye bye to my first job, to all those Hot Idlis, Dosas and Coffees, Mysore Pak :), Super Expensive...
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Small City Dreams
An unshaved face, a stinking jeans, a dirty t-shirt, Kapil's wrist watch, drinking frooti just before it, this and a whole lot of superstitions, nothing...
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Bahut kuch ho raha hai...
Its been a while since I have blogged at length, I mean they haven't been one -liners as posted on the quark, but not much of self-generated data (don't take...
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Happy Anniversary
For one year in Bangalore and one year at work...I thought I would be out of Bangalore till now, but its ok. Maybe next year! Things have started turning a bit...
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Off to Ooty for weekend
The last time I visited Ooty I was a kid I think so I don't remember a bit about the place. But going this weekend on a Team Outing with my mates at workplace...
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The MTR way...
After the horrendous loss of India on Friday, the weekend was surely going to be a dud. Morning I woke up thinking that whatever I saw on friday night was a...
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New Year Party'07
Ok finally some time to blog. A party to remember for sure, simply much more than its alcoholic content in Character and night full of regular stuff we did in...
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Bangalore and my Belly
I was instructed by my favourite professor at college before leaving. Abhishek better look at your weight. Well I have been following him and looking after it....