It’s an honor that 29 years after graduating from The Doon School (Dehradun), my article “Thirty years in search of Zorawar Singh” has featured in the front page of “The Doon School Old Boy’s Society (DSOBS)” website. The screen shot of website homepage is taken on 1st March 2014 and...
My article “A voyage – A warrior’s epic crossing” has featured in January 2014 issue of Asian Geographic. Unfortunately, the editor has truncated the story, probably to fit in a centre-fold page. The full length story has earlier featured on my Blog titled “Thirty years – In search of General...
Life stooped with years of learning, Is no comparison to a glance at nature’s perfection. Engrossed in the journey of life, mankind remains passionate about advancing it’s learning. We remain fascinated by our accomplishments and egoistic in showcasing them. Yet, a mere glance at the nature and we can...
The Caldera of Mount Bromo is a constant reminder that beauty in nature is not without its other. In this volcanic region lie the stories of death and regeneration, tranquility and disaster. For years, the Tengger Hindu people of Indonesia have lived in the fringe of this volcanic mountain. In...
My article “The Kingdom of Guge – A lost Tibetan Civilization” has appeared in January 2014 issue of Asian Geographic. Little explored by adventurers in the past, Tibet today is strictly controlled by the Chinese government and travel within the region has been restricted ever since the Dalai Lama’s flight...
Nyalam, literally translated as “Gateway to Hell”, is a town in Shigatse prefecture of Tibet, bordering Nepal. Till ten kilometers before Nyalam from Tibet side, at an average height of 12,300 feet above sea level, the plateau is just a flat land with huge snow clad Himalayan mountains rising above...
“Seeing beyond Seeing”, one gets blinded by the experience, reminded at summit that it is not the end but just a start of journey to other side of the mountain, taking one right back to the world. An early morning walk in Borneo (Malaysia) at Kalimantan Indonesian border, one...
About 37 km ahead of Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), at the height of 16,500 feet lies the Bum La Pass, where runs the historic McMahon line, defining the line of actual control between India and China. Bum La is a very remote pass where only a few travelers reach in...
An empty Canvas, An artist’s fear! Ask an artist to describe the feeling, as one looks into an empty canvas, not knowing what to create. God, the supreme artist, has been forever creating beauty on the canvas of creation. So what is his fear? I believe, as...
Infinite is a circle with a circumference lying nowhere, but the centre lying everywhere. My pursuits end in a circular centricity, bound by egocentricity. Centre of universe lies within our self-ego, while the limitless creation is beyond limits. All through our being, we desire to attract materials to us,...