Having grown up in the defence services as a “Fauji Bachcha or a Fauji Brat”, I call myself a child of India. It’s impossible for me to say that I belong to a certain place only in India because I have grown up in so many wonderful places. I am …

Any mother would concur that there is nothing more upsetting or depressing than dealing with a bleary eyed cantankerous child early in the morning on a school day. I mean let alone the fact that working mom’s have to get up at the crack of dawn in order to cook …

It had been a particularly tiring journey.  In fact, this particularly tiring journey was undertaken to escape a particularly stressful few months in Mumbai so, the journey merely ended up adding to our already tired souls. A last minute decision to escape the stress of big city life had made …

When you travel to the uplands of Bali in Indonesia, amid the jade green rice fields & dense forests, you can espy many coffee plantations. Most of these plantations offer what they term a, “coffee experience or tour”. This experience consists of a trek or leisurely stroll amid the plantation …

  It was the most perfect sunset that I had ever seen. The sun was a fiery combination of yellow and tangerine as it sank low into the horizon and literally melted into hues of orange ocher. The clouds parted to showcase this splendor and encased the setting sun amid …

Indonesia is a beautiful county. The country has virtually every conceivable kind of scenic beauty – azure waters to white sand beaches, paddy fields to tropical forests; volcanic mountains to their barren planes and warm and friendly people. Indonesia undoubtedly is jewel that can hold its own. It is also …

“Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” ― Elizabeth Berg, The Year of Pleasures There is something about road trips that gets my adrenaline flowing. The unbridled freedom of being …

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”, said Confucius. However, there are a vast majority of people who are unable to land their dream job. The pressure of making ends meet, supporting the family or self financially often lead people …