“Always at home. – One day we reach our goal, and now point with pride to the long travels we undertook to reach it. In fact, we were not even aware of traveling. But we got so far because we fancied at every point that we were at home.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Home. Homestead. Abode. Words that are a foreign concept…
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The Graves of Sweet Goodbyes…
“Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace! and lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death.” Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare Why do we travel? I think it is mostly due to this irresistible urge to make use of our feet, walk and explore, new places, new…
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The pitfalls of Modern day Feminism (and how to avoid them)
So, 2018 has been declared as “the year of Women”! Isn’t this just brilliant? A whole year just for Women. When I read about this, I was overwhelmed and delighted and incredibly flattered. I mean finally… finally we have an year to ourselves! This obviously must mean that in 2018 women will not be harassed (at work, outside of work,…
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Holi hai Holi!
Wow! Is it Holi already? There was a time when I couldn’t wait to celebrate this festival and now I don’t even know when Holi is until a Google search confirms it. When did that happen? Being born and brought up in Delhi, where Holi is a huge deal, I should at least know the date of the festival right? I am ashamed…
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Mumbai – The inadvertent abode
My first ever visit to the magical, mysterious city of dreams, Bombay, was when I was 12 years old. I was the quintessential Delhi-born brat (no offence to any other brat out there) and truly terrified of crowded areas (this was before Delhi transformed into what it is now). I was travelling with family and I was averse to questionable…
