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

Bhushan, Pinki and yours truly started at 0645 hours from Sancheti hospital. Anil had misplaced the keys of one of the new standby battery packs that we had borrowed from the Felidae team. Thanks to this loss, he discovered that he can fit the pack even without a key. We caught up with Giri at … Read more

The North East has always been an exotic place for those of us on the mainland. Hills, Militants, Tea gardens, and what have you. The flight from Calcutta to Dibrugarh overflew the Brahmaputra – and what a grand sight it was. Stretching across for tens of kilometers at places, serenaded by the peaks of Arunachal … Read more

Trust Pravin to give you some interesting assignments. So here I am on a Tuesday morning, with an interesting young couple who will be cycling down to Vetale with me. My Trek was giving some gear trouble, so I had to take my electric cycle. On the phone I checked with Aire if he was … Read more