On My Canvas
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A software engineer and ex-investment banker turned writer providing life inspiration, travel guides, and unique stories while traveling the world. Follow to get updates.
On My Canvas
1M ago
What is Pondicherry and What is it not I fell in love with the energy of Pondicherry — the heartbeat of it — even before I could notice what this coastal city offered. The union territory of Pondicherry (renamed to Puducherry) might be popular for the leftovers from French colonialism: ubiquitous bakeries, wine bars and restaurants, narrow lanes studded ...
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1M ago
We Wanted to Visit Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, But Didn’t Know We Were In It; We Looked For a Big Adventure, But We Were On It Already That day had started late. We arrived at a homestay near Jog Falls in Sharavathi Valley two days ago. The occasion was of the New Year. Like always, ...
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1M ago
On Being a Family When my partner and I drove to Pondicherry to stay for a few months, first, we booked a small Airbnb for three days. Though my experience with Airbnb has been poor, we reserved the one-room living and bedroom as no other accommodation on the various booking websites looked good or well-priced. The ...
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On My Canvas
3M ago
I wrote down these learnings over the year in scattered forms, mostly in my weekly newsletter Looking Inwards. But I am putting them together here to have them in one place. Please relish. Lessons 2022 Taught Me # We can run as fast as we like. But life is always right there. Running behind. Chasing ...
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3M ago
While no one can deny that the climate crisis is here, the nature leftover in the corners it is squeezed into is as real, extraordinary, and soul-warming as ever. Some of the animals, forests, and landscapes I saw this year while traveling within India and through Vietnam looked so ethereal, as if someone had painted ...
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On My Canvas
6M ago
Adventures in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam When I went to Vietnam in 2016, I found myself in a green paddy-filled country. Under the shadows of their bamboo hats, locals flitted between places unhindered by the large bamboo baskets they carried. Birds sang from their cages hung on balconies. Streets were lined with stalls selling ...
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On My Canvas
8M ago
Thank you for coming along on this journey with me and supporting me always. If I have learned one thing in these five years, it is that the joy of creating should be enough. When we work hard and persist, we arrive at the goal, destination, or prize we have our eyes on. The much-planned ...
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8M ago
Six months ago, I had just come to Auroville. It is an experimental community on the east coast of India near Pondicherry. A collaborator Mirra Alfassa of the philosopher Sri Aurobindo, referred to by him as Mother, had a vision for a place on earth where men from all countries will live in harmony as ...
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On My Canvas
1y ago
I’ve written so much about our month on Stuart Hill in Madikeri town of Karnataka (in the linked memoir) that I’ve reserved this piece for photographs of the hill and Madikeri town. Blasts from the past: travel guide to Coorg and finding isolated Madikeri guest houses Our unhurried life on Stuart Hill near Raja’s Seat ...
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1y ago
Our four-month Himachal road trip was more than halfway through in the middle of July 2021. After living in small Shimla villages (such as Mehli, Fagu, and Mashobra), we had driven to Mandi district. There we explored Chindi village and surrounding hills, visited the historic Pangna, and hiked the daunting Shikari Devi and Kamru Nag ...
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