Not Another Dull Lake
We altered the classic route to Dodital (Uttarakhand, India) and included Dayara bugyal to complete a 8 day trek from 23 April – 1 May 2011. The route we followed was: Barsu – Dayara – Morapara – Bebra – Dodi Tal – Agoda – Sangamchatti – Kuflon. Following is an account of it written for...
teadom in the news
My personal photography project Travelling Teadom was featured in the Indian Express on the 11th of June 2011. You can either check out the e-paper, or alternatively read the online version.
Looking Bangalore, Talking Lanka
Today a funny graphic created itself on my Google Analytics map overlay. One person each from Bangalore and Chennai happened to visit the tiffinbox site yesterday, 15th Feb, and this is what they did. But all I see is one totally-boggled-fido-dido-type-looking-person, who is saying something in the shape of Sri Lankas landmass. OR, he is...
The colours of pangong
After the almost-three-months long hiatus from this blog, one would expect us to come up with something fresh. But that expectation will not be met this time around, as I am about to post a blog which was published on travelwell (Lonely Planet India’s online presence). Yes, it also became a pick-of-the-week and yes, I...
Why you should be going there: Triund
Triund is like a Friday night. You can very well see what is ahead and you know what you have just left behind. The tingling...
UNUSED: squeak, growl, bark, huff, wha, meow and growl
So, those (in the title) are the animal sounds made by each in the picture above. My favourite is the “wha”, which is made by the Red Panda. These animals were drawn as seals for the WWF-India panda calling website. The intention was them to form the indentifying elements for the various partnership plans as...
The Dirty Fellows
One person from each house in our neighbourhood gets up early to keep the garbage out. So the trash is just kept out, without any knowledge of it’s journey henceforth. Cause who cares where your pencil shavings go and how. Who cares where your tea bags vanish once you are done with your tea. But...