Took a bla bla cab to Mumbai at 0615 hours from agricultural college chowk. The driver, Irfan, was a very interesting guy. He works in a placement agency during the weekdays, recruiting investment bankers. And drives the cab over weekends, typically on the Ghatkopar Pune route. Irfan was a Gulfie for sometime, before deciding to … Read more

1. The Reva is essentially a city car – she loves city traffic and jams. So taking it on a 500 km highway trip from its old Akola home to its new Pune home was an interesting adventure. In a long distance trip, the constraint is having a town which is approximately 100 km from … Read more

The Humsafar express is a new train by the Indian Railways, a fully AC train, with newer coaches and a premium flexi-pricing. There are no ticket concessions available on this train. Flexi-pricing has led to an increase in revenue, but a fall in occupancy. Would be an interesting study for an economics student – studying … Read more

The title is pure click-bait. Well, now that you have started, carry on reading to find out the little truth inside the title. Because of bad planning on my part, I landed up at Dehradun on a work trip, in the middle of Dussehra holidays. Not having too much to do, called up my friend … Read more

Coorg stands for coffee and Coorg stands for the army. So we set about deciding to meet these martial race on their own coffee grounds (pun intended). Our army made a gentle advance – halting two days in Mysore after a leisurely amble from Bangalore. And then circumambulated the enemy territory – Hunsur, Goniloppal, Poonampet and finally met … Read more

The Sheonath Express was late by an hour. Walked down to Rahul’s Tikrapara house in Bilaspur via the DRM office. Did not find any fruit sellers on the way, so gifted Deepaji two coconuts, purchased from a local kirana shop. Had a cup of tea at the house. Chatted with Aarvi, who wants to be … Read more

Normally when you have to drive 600 km to reach your destination, you start early. (Had planned to be in Bijapur by evening.) But if you the journey is your destination, then you don’t. We started by enjoying a  sumptuous breakfast at South Indian Mess with Arun Nair (School friend who was free) at Rasta … Read more

After a long time, we went for a ride to a destination we had not been to before. Our friend, Raja, has a one acre plot on top of a hill at Jawal. And what helps is that there is a tar road going all the way to the top. Jawal in Marathi means close. … Read more

When you travel light, you spend less time packing. I usually do the packing the previous night for an early morning departure. This time I managed to procrastinate even further. Did the packing at morning 0545 hrs for a 0630 hrs departure. Thanks to this, realized that we had started a 2000 km car journey, … Read more

I seldom travel by autos, preferring the cycle – and when out of town, public transport. The other day I landed up at Delhi airport and awaited my usual bus to Darya Ganj, for my second hand book shopping. When it did not turn up for half an hour, I checked out the autos – … Read more