VISIT TO GOD’S OWN COUNTRY When the ship docked at V&A waterfront in Cape town, I was absolutely sure of one thing that I so desperately wanted to do there. Getting up close with the wild. Isn’t that what we all imagine Africa to be like: God’s Own Country. Everything is so serene and surreal …
I Bungeed! And that made me fall in love with myself!
My feet are in the air and my arms stretched out. I am going straight down the bridge; I’ve closed my eyes, but why? And then a sudden jerk catapults my body upside down, As my eyes opened wide. My whole body is inverted now, Moving with a velocity slightly higher than before, As I …
EYE to EYE WITH THE GREAT WHITE SHARKS
The most spine-chilling creature underwater, Barbaric, enormous, artful. Ever wondered, what would it be like? If you come across one such brute, It’s eyes staring right into your eyes, It’s skin etched, lacerated and scarred; And the teeth, ugly and sharp. What if there’s more? More than one? I am underwater and I can’t swim… …
How did Skydiving change my life?
Due to the time restraints, I and my friend Olivia Crooks, haven’t been able to sky-dive the day everyone else we came with, did. The group of six people each left us two as the last ones to board a plane and then jump out of it. When everyone else was sitting there in excitement, …
HOME, AWAY FROM HOME I
PART I Quietly tucked away in the blanket of fog and enrapturing beauty deep within the Himalayas, way beyond the Banjar valley in Himachal Pradesh, I happened upon a place; a place that gave me long lost peace and satisfaction, that I failed to find in the city life of Delhi; a place that seemed …
The Haunting Beauty of Icebergs
A bizarre sculpture of ice carved with the elements of nature appeared at a distance, when my eyes sparkled with excitement and thrill. I was in a bus with nearly thirty other people, some half asleep, some exhausted after almost a four hour long journey, and others who were still awake were in awe of …