Monsoon has had us in a split state. On one side we celebrate the arrival of Śrāvaṇa (श्रावण) by putting on beautiful clothes, getting ready for Tīj (तीज) with henna on the palms and green bangles on the arms, adorning our hair with blossoming jasmine that has a fragrance so heavenly that it takes you to some other dimension….
I was trying to summon a word in my mind to describe how I felt in a Pune temple… what I needed was a word for “ṭhaṇḍak” (ठंडक) but I couldn’t quite place it in English. Even though I didn’t step on a word that did justice to the word “ṭhaṇḍak“, there is a group…
While I changed the gears of my car on my recent trip to Chandra Taal I happened to notice the grandiosity of the mountain on my left. The curious explorer in me happens to find new questions and mysteries at every turn. I wondered how long the mountain has existed and how many people across…
“They say they can’t see in the dark. I see a little more at night.” – written sometime around 2013. The fascination with the night sky, for me, has always been beyond ordinary. Whether it was crying as a toddler to sleep under the stars instead of in the comfort of my cosy room, asking…
