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“It’s a bright and sunny day here in Birmingham…” said the legendary Tony Greig as James Anderson steamed in from the pavilion end. The red Dukes ball bounces off the green pitch and goes past the batter. A test cricket match between India and England has always been special and …

For quite some time I thought that hostels were only for students. Having studied in a boarding school for years, for me hostel and dormitory meant it was for students. It was only when I started travelling, that I learnt about backpacker hostels for travellers. Mostly for solo travellers, backpacker …

Prior to my recent trip to Mumbai, I had heard and seen a lot of stories where people were offboarded at a station they didn’t intend to by the crowd. Hence, I was scared to get on a metro fearing that I’d miss my station because of the crowd. Fortunately, …

Every day, thousands of people come to Mumbai, some for work, some for leisure. Unlike other metropolitan cities in India, Mumbai is vast. For anyone visiting Mumbai for the first time, you can be taken for a ride if you’re not aware of the geography. For a city of that …

A few weeks back I was in Mumbai to experience the Cordelia Mumbai High Seas Cruise. While most of my colleagues left, I decided to stay back and explore Mumbai. This was my first slow travel experience ever. It was a plan for 15 days during which I worked, fell …

How many of you remember those charts with modes of transport on them that we used to get during our primary school days? Train, Bus, Car, Plane, and Ship we’re a few of the diagrams on that chart. Back then flying in an aeroplane was a dream, thanks to Dad …

As afternoons are getting hotter with every passing day, venturing out has reduced. Nonetheless, being the foodie that I am, I don’t miss a chance to step out to eat. Recently, I along with my friends visit Zero40 Gachibowli for lunch. (Many of you might suggest visiting it during the …

In one of my previous posts, I spoke about how restaurants today are focusing on food and ambience that looks good. While most eateries are only show and have no taste, there are a few of these that are pretty good. One such place that au recently visited was Voila …

When was the last time you used cash? This was a question I came across on Twitter recently. When I thought about it, it’s actually been quite some time since I actually paid in cash. Ever since UPI came in, most (all) of my payments are done using that. I …

My first phone was a Nokia 3315 (and I’m sure many of you too had the same phone as your first phone) Things changed quite a bit from then. Moved on to the Nokia N72, Nokia N91, Samsung Star (My first touch phone), Samsung Galaxy Fit (My first Android Phone), …