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The 21st Century Tiger Hunters 30 Jul 2013 | 07:08 pm
It's 0500 and the knock on the door gets louder by the minute. Jhandu, fresh and beaming as ever is ready with the morning chai. Even before we take the chai, there is a question for him - 'Kaunsa zon...
Orissa Adventures - Eating a live bird 29 Jul 2013 | 09:48 pm
The Inbox chimes - the Orissa tickets have arrived. The weekend is a blur, driving to the Buddha International Circuit for the Formula 1 race, packing, emptying memory cards and charging batteries, an...
Notes from the Rann 14 Jun 2013 | 03:03 pm
The dusty, bumpy road from Morbi gives way to smooth tarmac at Halvad and our GSRTC bus soon pulls in to the dusty town of Dhrangadhra. The princely state it once ruled commanded a 13 gun salute. Toda...
Coming back 2 Jun 2013 | 07:07 pm
It took.... 2 years and 9 months Nearly a 100,000 km of travel Across 19 States and Union Territories Countless Beers, Whiskeys, Vodkas and Rums ....to figure out that I am no entrepreneur. So once ...
A Happy Birthday Post 16 Apr 2013 | 11:51 pm
When I was young, the biggest joy in my life was the evening walk with my grandfather and cousins to the railway bridge near our house. We would spend the evening watch trains go by and then he would ...
The Battle of Lakhota Lake 8 Apr 2013 | 08:11 pm
Lakhota Lake, Jamnagar - March 14 1755 hrs The day is drawing to a close. The sun inching closer to the horizon. Birds are flocking back to the trees surrounding the lake. Flocks of Mallards, Teals a...
The boy in blue knickers 28 Mar 2013 | 07:03 pm
Many years ago; I wore the blue knickers of my school and stood in line at Wenger's, holding my father's hand. There were a few other kids too, wearing the same blue knickers with their fathers as wel...
Shaadi Ke Laddoo - Redux 15 Feb 2013 | 08:31 pm
0345 hrs and Nizamuddin Railway station resembles a zombie movie set. It is mostly dark, a few sputtering streetlights barely illuminate the car park. People are everywhere on the pavement, scattered ...
Stranger in a strange land 14 Feb 2013 | 09:16 am
"Indian, Indian.... this way. Yes this way! You Indian, this way!" A harried, reed thin Chinese girl in an ill fitting business suit is trying to herd delegates from 7 different countries into a bus w...
Rajdhani 20 Jan 2013 | 07:42 am
What a jerk! The invective directed towards the idiot who has piled a mountain of luggage in the aisle. And towards the collective force of the train’s weight acting on the coupler as it starts. The o...
