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“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”
– Anthony Bourdain
The memories of what I took from my travels. Here.
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All Creatures Big and Small
“ Oh so where is your next trip ? “ “Goa in August.” “ Oh but it would be raining.” “ Yes. That’s why.” “ Huh ?” “ Oh, am not going to...
Aug 25, 2023
Stories of Hope
On July 26th, 2023, the Forest Act was passed in the Indian Parliament. Predictably, with no discussion. Predictably, ignoring most of...
Aug 11, 2023
A lil' bit of Puffin love
I admit, I felt a sense of both, deep satisfaction and relief that night as I went over my images. It had been a long, long day and one...
Jun 30, 2023
Normal is boring
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was writing my goals for my last...
Jun 16, 2023
A Property Dispute
There are occasions when it all neatly falls into place. Where you don't need words to tell a story, to paint a picture, to spin a yarn....
Jun 2, 2023
The Combat
His eyes were locked on his opponent. A cold, unyielding stare. He meant business. But, so did his opponent. He pawed the ground...
May 19, 2023
The Problem of Hornoya's Abundance
Its difficult when you get overwhelmed. Your mind gets crowded up, you are unable to think straight, you are looking for opportunities...
May 5, 2023
Field Notes from Norway
I am back home. From near zero and sub zero degree temperatures, straight into the boiling cauldron that Bangalore has become this year....
Apr 21, 2023
In search of the Arctic Fox
I am back in Norway. This time focusing on wildlife on the other end of the size spectrum to polar bears which was the focus in my last...
Apr 7, 2023
On the Importance of Rules
"Life is short, break the rules." ~ Mark Twain I was mildly confused. I was standing at the Mandovi beach, on the last leg of my trip and...
Mar 10, 2023
In search of Flamboyance
If, from my work table, I move slightly to my left and stretch my arm to a rather neatly arranged row of books, somewhere in the middle,...
Feb 10, 2023
Reflections...
2022 will stay in my memory a little more than most years do. Not because of a truly fabulous trip to Masai Mara early in the year, which...
Dec 30, 2022
A Standoff
"Chongo might have crossed the river with his brothers!!" That was the news that we heard. From a fairly reliable source. They were on...
Dec 16, 2022
Meeting the King of the North
There are 19 species of marine mammals in Svalbard. 3 species of terrestrial mammals. And a whopping 237 species of birds. That’s a fair...
Nov 18, 2022
Have you walked in a forest ?
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul - John Muir My footsteps gave off a wet, slightly squelchy sound as I walked. ...
Nov 4, 2022
Make way for the Lionesses !
Male lions. They get all the attention and take all the glory. With their flowing, impressive manes, their battle scarred faces, there is...
Oct 21, 2022
Views from the deck - II
A bird, a curious mix of dark grey ( or is it more brown ? ) and white – brownish wings and a white head and belly - came close to our...
Oct 7, 2022
Views from the deck - I
I dug my hands deeper into my pockets searching for some warmth that could be lurking inside, hunched my shoulders a little, stamped my...
Sep 23, 2022
The Magnificence that is the Arctic Tern
It’s a rather unremarkable bird to look at. Visually, there are birds that are far more striking than the Arctic tern, with its white and...
Sep 9, 2022
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