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Travel Lemonade
He was moving back to India (for good). After one heck of a year in (primarily) Boston, with travels to Turkey, France, Brazil, and...
Oct 8, 20131 min read


Chichén Itzá
07.07.2007 was a date of great significance. To him, at least. That was the day when the list of seven new wonders of the world was...
Oct 3, 20131 min read


Basilica Cistern
It was mid-January. Istanbul was hot and humid during the day. Well, relatively speaking. He’d spent his last 7 days in Delhi and...
Sep 27, 20131 min read


Kkoveu
He received multiple notifications in his inbox today. From florists to jewelers to online fashion retailers, imploring him to buy gifts...
Sep 26, 20131 min read


The Salon
He had an unruly mop on his head. He hadn’t been in a salon for more than 3 months now. Don’t judge. Unless you are from a middle-class...
Sep 25, 20132 min read


The Sugar Loaf!
New Delhi was his favorite city in the world and Time Square in NYC his favorite spot on earth. That was until he experienced Rio. Rio...
Sep 22, 20131 min read
Miss 7-Eleven….err…America
Really old news. Nina Davuluri, a New Yorker of Indian descent, won the coveted Miss America title. Old news. Some random...
Sep 20, 20131 min read


Hammam
He was almost at the end of his trip to Istanbul, but hadn’t yet visited the ‘Turkish bath’ or Hammam. His colleagues were going but he...
Sep 19, 20131 min read


Oversight
Istanbul. It had been only a few hours that he landed on this beautiful and historic city, and he was already in love with the place....
Sep 18, 20131 min read


Rag pickers of Cairo
Quick recap: Aeroflot. NYC to Moscow. Uncomfortable seat. Churlish airhostess. Endearing girl in ‘emergency row.’ Switch seats. Respite....
Sep 14, 20131 min read


A wing and a prayer!
He was on a flight from New York to Moscow, connecting onward to New Delhi. Aeroflot. It wasn’t the smartest choice. Aeroflot had a...
Sep 13, 20132 min read


Getting lost; Finding yourself
It was the last month of his MBA program in the US. He was going back to India after its completion. One week before graduation ceremony....
Aug 31, 20131 min read


Heart-wrenching
Port area of Rio, 32 C, 75% humidity, 3-hour walk: it isn’t exactly an ideal way to spend one’s first day of spring break. Yet, he was...
Aug 28, 20131 min read


‘Mother’ India
It was mid-December. He was coming back to Delhi after 6 months. It was the longest he’d been away. He was very excited, as he loved the...
Aug 27, 20132 min read
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