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
2d 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
2M 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
2M 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
2M 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
3M 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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On My Canvas
3M ago
Though I stayed in Siliguri, a city in West Bengal, for more than two months, I have not written a blog post on it, yet. The reason could be that I was busy with a creative writing project that took all my time. I was not venturing out a lot either. With my head down ...
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On My Canvas
3M ago
When I started to list my best books to read in 2023 a week ago, there were so many travel books on it that I instead published my best travel books to read. But I am here now, excited to share my most favorite books from 2023. These are not the latest releases of the ...
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On My Canvas
4M ago
Though this piece began as the books I loved in 2023, as the number of books about traveling overpowered other categories, I decided to dedicate an entire blog post to the best travel books to read. Here you will find all kinds of books on traveling: including some on traveling within one’s room and another ...
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On My Canvas
4M ago
Are Indian Women home-making or home-running? Let’s figure out. Highway Fruit Seller, Maharashtra Somewhere between Satpura National Park and Goa, the highway is fringed by women sitting on the pavement amidst baskets of fruits. It is a yellow afternoon. As my partner and I drive by, they wave and call while wiping the rainbow of ...
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On My Canvas
4M ago
Six Years of Running My Personal Growth and Travel Blog On My Canvas The past six years have been important to me in many ways. In them, I not only wrote on this blog and brought it to where it is today: an infinite source of inspiration, hope, and ideas for me and, hopefully, a ...
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