We met three fabulous people on the trek through Kuari Pass in Uttranchal Himalayas (India) this June. Sonu was our guide for the trek and Vikrant and Virendra owned the horses that carried our luggage. I have talked about in a post before. This tale belongs to Sonu and he told it to us when…
Category: India
A Query for Ladakh that Brought a Smile to my Face on an Otherwise Lousy Day
Magical Ladakh My day at work left me feeling very flat and drained today. My evening Table Tennis sessions are a perfect antidote to such stress but even that failed to lift my spirits which is truly rare. When I reached home and kept my keys next to the TV, Sesha left his violin and…
Longing for Some 10 KMPH Days Again!
This time when I came back from the Kuari Pass trek, I felt totally disconnected from my day to day life. Now, two and a half months later, I can barely remember the trek. Life is flashing past me in a whirl of activities and I feel overwhelmed at times. Then, I know it is…
Manali-Leh Highway and the Border Roads Organization
The new academic semester has started and it will take me sometime to get back to my regular blogging. At the start of the semester, life seems so hectic, but two weeks later, I invariably find time. In the meanwhile, I thought I will share this moving piece written by Vikrum at How the Other…
What is Up with Blogspot (Blogger) Sites in India?
Screen Shots (edit: Saturday 15, 2006) with Spectranet ISP (and I checked with my System Admn. he has not blocked blogspot sites, my institute is blog friendly) And the Same Messgae for Geocities from Spectranet ISP on Monday July 17, 2006 I am regularly updating this post adding new stuff at the end. Please scroll…
Another BBC Mention
Remember this picture? Now go to this BBC link and pay special attention to picture number 3. After trying and trying this is my first picture featured at BBC. Why I sent this one? Because when I first put it on my blog a lot of you appreciated it and Maverick even wanted to steal…
Not My Daily Conversation
We were having dinner sitting on a flat rock near a fire on the first night of Kuari Pass trek. I wish I could say there were a million stars in the sky but almost every day by afternoon, clouds would come, cover everything and would not lift till sunrise again. Still, we were a…
Kuari Pass Trek, Uttarakhand Himalayas, India
We decided to trek through Kuari Pass, in Uttranchal Himalayas and the journey started from New Delhi. It was raining for the most of the journey and when we reached Rishikesh at 12 midnight, it was still raining. I was quite disappointed and I started bugging my husband that maybe we will not be able…
Traveling by the State Transport Buses in India
I will give you an account of what happens when you travel by a state transport bus to a hill station in the Himalayas. This is an account of our return journey Chamba to Pathankot (we actually went all the way to Bharmour). To begin with, on our return journey too we had a few…
Traffic Jam: On the Way to Office
I started fresh in the morning for work. As I put the songs of Arth (an old Hindi movie’s songs) in the music system, Jagjit Singh crooned ‘tum itna jo muskura rahe ho, kya gam kai jisko chupa rahe ho’ (very difficult to translate this one in English, so I let it go). I hummed…