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There’s a specific kind of craving that hits me every few months – the kind that only vada pav or a proper Pav Bhaji can fix. I grew up loving Mumbai street food, and every time I was in Mumbai, one meal was a standing appointment at a street stall …

Hyderabad’s food scene has been doing something interesting over the last couple of years. The city has always had a strong identity around Hyderabadi cuisine – the biryani, the Irani chai, the haleem – and rightly so. But layered on top of that, there’s been a quiet but steady influx …

I’ll be honest – the Shinkansen was on my Japan bucket list long before I even booked the flight. Not in a casual “oh that’d be nice” way. More in a “I have watched every YouTube video, read every travel thread, and mentally sat in that cabin a hundred times” …

The first time I pulled up the Tokyo metro map on my phone, I genuinely thought someone was pranking me. Fourteen lines. Five different operators. Colour coding that would make a Pantone chart look minimal. I zoomed in. Then zoomed out. Took a screenshot to study later. Then gave up …

I know I owe the blog a lot of posts. March had me in Amsterdam for KubeCon Europe, followed by a short getaway to Belgium and Luxembourg. And then, barely a week after I got home, I was on a flight on my first trip to Japan and the eastern …

Been a really long time since I’ve written anything here – probably the longest break I’ve taken from here ever since I started blogging. The last month was super hectic with work travel – if you’re following me on Instagram, you probably know how hectic (and fun) it was – …

The moment I first held the Scapia credit card, I knew this was not just another plastic in my wallet. Over recent years of frequent international travel, I have tested many travel cards and wallets, but the Scapia credit card intrigued me because it promised zero forex fees and a …

I guess I’m compensating for the lost road trips in 2025 this year. Just last weekend, I was on a Hyderabad to Badami road trip with my family, and the following Republic Day weekend, I did an amazing Hyderabad to Ajanta Caves solo road trip. Why Ajanta? Well, I had …

2026 has started on a good yet nostalgic note for me. God knows for what reason, but I’ve been revisiting places that I had visited as a school kid during my days at New Era High School. Back in the day, it was just another educational trip when nothing made …

There’s something quietly magical about waking up on Sankranti morning with a hot cup of coffee in hand, gazing out over the calm waters of Almatti Dam. Dad just came home and told me about his Sankranti leaves, and I was like, let’s do this trip! It wasn’t your usual …