Travel

Bastar is a land that seamlessly interweaves the vibrancy of tribal traditions with the raw beauty of nature. In one of my previous blog posts, I spoke about the reasons why you should visit Bastar – its cultural diversity, natural wonders and obviously the food. The region’s lush greenery and …

If you ask me the best way to travel, I’d say the car. But if you ask me the best way to explore a place, I’ll answer walk. On most of my solo trips, I explore cities on foot clocking thousands of steps daily. Not only does it help me …

Leh, Goa, Darjeeling, and Andamans are a few options that top the bucket list for many people. These are the holiday destinations that most people (at least Indians) want to visit. Similar was my case too during the last long weekend in August. It was a 4-day long break and …

Mid-August was a long weekend here in India due to Independence Day falling on Tuesday and everyone applying for leave on Monday thus getting 4 days of the long weekend. And I’m quite sure that there were only a handful of people who didn’t go on holiday. I too was …

Exactly, a week ago, I was having my dinner at Sarvana Bhavan in Chennai. I was supposed to deliver a talk at Kubernetes Community Days Chennai the next morning. While I had a fair share of butterflies, I was eagerly looking forward to the extra day that I had to …

And finally, after almost a month and a half, I’m putting this complete 3-day Chikmagalur itinerary for you. If you’ve been following my blog posts, you already are aware of the places that I visited during my Chikmagalur trip. Before I get into the itinerary, I need to mention that …

This is the penultimate blog post in my Chikmagalur series. In my previous blog post, I wrote about my experience of visiting the beautiful Chennakeshava temple in Belur. The temple showcased the grandeur and finesse of Hoysala craftsmanship and I totally loved spending time there. In this post, let us …

I think it was during my multiple trips to Gujarat that I fell in love with architecture and history. Though I love history as a subject, I was never fascinated with monuments and their stories. However, places like Rani Ni Vav, Adalaj ni Vav, Modhera Sun Temple, and the like …

You knew this post was coming, didn’t you? How could I not talk about food from my Chikmagalur trip? While my previous blog posts spoke about the places to visit in Chikmagalur, I’ll talk about places to eat in Chikmagalur, more importantly, vegetarian places to eat in Chikmagalur. Right off …

It was about a couple of decades ago, we had moved from Goa to Bengaluru. It was here we were treated to filter kaapi. Since then, our love for coffee just grew stronger. While my dad still loves the classic filter coffee, I’ve moved on to cold brews. If you …