On My Canvas
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On My Canvas
1M ago
Leaving Behind a Forest to Get Into Another One: Finding Accommodation in Wayanad (Kerala) As I said in the blog post on the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, I wasn’t happy leaving the 100-year-old sylvan cottage that was my home for three days. The last morning in the Sanctuary’s forest stay was—let’s just say—not easy on me. ...
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On My Canvas
1M ago
Please note: This is the fourth episode in the series. Here’s the First, Second, and the Third. Saying Goodbye to My Home in the Coffee Village in Wayanad I woke up at 7:45, showered, and made breakfast: onion parathas and tea. We had to check out. Every raw vegetable was to be made and everything to ...
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On My Canvas
2M ago
Please note: This is the third episode in the series. Read the First here: Looking for a Home in a Wayanad Village (Kerala): Day 1, Episode 1 and the Second here: Life in a Tea, Coffee, and Betel Nut Village in Wayanad (Kerala): Day 2, Episode 2 When You Are Traveling, Don’t Expect. Be Open. I woke ...
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On My Canvas
3M ago
Please note: This is the second episode in the series. If you haven’t read the first, get it here: Finding a Home in a Village in Wayanad (Kerala): Day 1, Episode 1 A Regular Day of Two Travelers in a Tea, Coffee, and Betel Nut Village in Wayanad Day 2 We slept well and woke ...
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On My Canvas
3M ago
Travelogue of Mysore—A Week in and Around the Historical City After checking out of a tiny room in a peculiar highway hotel outside Mysore, my partner Sagar and I both took deep breaths. “I’m so relaxed after getting out of that place. We shouldn’t have stayed there for three nights,” I said. He replied, “Yeah, ...
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On My Canvas
3M ago
Sitting on this makeshift work desk (that’s actually a couch) on the ground floor of a home in Chitragiri village in Wayanad is a blessing. Maybe the Christian family who owns the place might say that Christ has bestowed this blessing upon us. A big white church stands on the opposite side of the road. ...
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On My Canvas
5M ago
36 Months as an Itinerant Writer: What It Means to Live On The Go Table of Content [TOC] Introduction January 5′ 2024 Bangalore Here I’m in a hotel in Bangalore, writing this narrative and wondering why I feel so cold and why am I so uninterested and unenthusiastic about everything. I have stayed in hotel rooms ...
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On My Canvas
6M ago
Homeless in Himachal During a Storm But Then We Find a Cosy Home in a Monastery—Travel Serendipity in Rewalsar Lake, the Himalayas 12:45 pm, May 25 Let’s see if we find a place in Rewalsar. 7 pm, May 25 Though I said let’s see if we find a space in Rewalsar today morning, I’m already ...
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On My Canvas
6M ago
Moments of Bliss on the Road I travel full-time—haven’t had a rented or owned home to call mine since February 2021. So when a friend asks, “What are your favorite moments from your journey?” many moments of bliss rush to me. I have hundreds of anecdotes of being frustrated, angry, afraid, or hopeless on the ...
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On My Canvas
6M ago
Keeping Our Eyes Open to the Wonders of the World At times, we look around us, and everything moving or even inanimate strikes us as beautiful. Travel, for sure, helps me appreciate the new and the old. But it also opens my eyes to things I might have ignored otherwise. Though I lived for years ...
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