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Driving a car was always something that I looked forward to. From getting the car out from the parking lot to home to driving Nexon in Idukki, I was always game for it. It was just that I was nervous about driving in cities and had a lot of apprehensions …

I guess I’m old enough to say “Humare zamane mein….” (During our times) we used to recharge our numbers with 98 Rs for 2GB of 2G data. WhatsApp was just launched and Instagram wasn’t there. We used to spend most of the data on Orkut and Facebook. Fast forward to …

It’s that time of the year when India gets into the festive season. Navratri, Dussehra, and Diwali take over the country. And over the last few years, another sort of festival that starts around the same time is the shopping festival. While I try to spend only on things that …

I’ve complained in the past that there aren’t many places that you can visit around Hyderabad for a short road trip. While I do stand by this, compared to Pune and Bangalore there aren’t places around Hyderabad for short road trips. However, ever since I got my Tata Punch, I’ve …

If you’re friends with a person working in the IT industry, I’m sure you know about a secret desire they have. A desire to open an eatery. Be it a momo stall, tea stall, food truck, or even a restaurant, we techies have always felt that the roadside chaiwala makes …

I did my first ever solo road trip in my Tata Punch a few weeks back. I traveled from Hyderabad to Pune which is close to 600kms one way. My office has called my entire team for a meeting in Pune. And I thought it was the best opportunity to …

Back in the day when we had our first car – a Maruti 800 DX, 5 Speed, I remember we went on a road trip almost every weekend. My dad was enthusiastic and so were all of us. We explored places like Modhera Sun Temple, Pavagadh Temple, Mt. Abu, Udaipur, …

India’s youngest state Telangana has been a front runner in a lot of things. Be it the boom in the IT sector in Hyderabad or tourism. One of the latest additions to Telangana’s tourist circuit is the Ramappa Temple, it earned the coveted UNESCO’s world heritage site tag last year. …

By now you would have figured out that ever since I bought my first car – Tata Punch, I’m on a road trip exploring most of the time. The first road trip I took was literally a week after I got my car. It was my Hyderabad to Nagarjuna Sagar …

I always complain that folks from Pune and Bengaluru are blessed when it comes to places to visit nearby. Panchgani, Lonavala, Khandala and the likes for Punekars and Coorg, Madikeri, Mysore for Bangaloreans. There are so many places to visit. Hyderabadis sadly don’t have many at a one-day road trip …