Did you grow up in the nineties? The nineties was a good time to have lived in. Internet had just been invented, but of course we didn’t have email accounts then. Orkut and Facebook were nowhere near being born. One had limited access to television. A romantic movie meant Shahrukh Khan. Sundays mornings began with(…)
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Events That Changed Our World Since the Start of the Second Millennium
We are well into the New Year now. 2014 might prove to be an eventful year, it might be dull. The last 13 years have been historic. There have been events that have changed the course of history, that have changed the way we communicate, that have made life vastly different from what it was(…)
Weirdest Places to Get Married
The terms of marriage are changing, and so are the venues. An ordinary temple, church, or banquet hall wedding is so passé. Your parents, their parents and their parents did the same. Will you be that boring? Hell, if you are allowing yourself to choose a life partner, you should definitely choose your own wedding(…)
The Romance of Travel – How to Travel without Gadgets
You are used to checking your phone every 5 minutes? You can’t live without scrolling the home page of your Facebook page ten times a day. And even when you travel, you steal in moments to check every social networking site you are on. Make an online check-in to let your friends know you are(…)
Dining Etiquette Across the World — What Not to Do!
I have always found dinner disasters very amusing. The ones in which somebody spills chicken gravy on the white dress of the pretty lady sitting next to them. Or when someone struggles to slice the beef with their fork and knife which, by the way is ridiculously blunt, only to have it fly sharply over(…)
Why Road Trips will always be the BESTEST Trips
Remember when you were a kid and went on those fun family road trips? Remember when you were in college and would say anything to convince your parents to let you go on those road trips, the memories of which will be cherished for a lifetime? Remember now when all of that is lost in(…)
We are Different, We Behave Different
We Indians are a motley group. And more so when we travel. We are as different from one another as a kangaroo is different from a peepul tree. You might be the kind who is fascinated by the idea of spending hours trying to decipher Arabic passages inscribed on the Taj Mahal, but a fun-loving(…)
The Last Leg - Malana in Smoke Rings
There are some journeys we undertake for fun, some are an escape, and some happen because we have to. Then there are those journeys that cannot be helped. There are some strange truths about this world of ours that need to be encountered in flesh and blood. Malana was one such journey. We were curious(…)
Malana Diaries – Chapter 2 - Foreigners ka Show???
Our story began in the first chapter of Malana diaries with a shady innkeeper. You would recall we had stealthily slipped away from Local Hero’s lodge after catching him in his underpants. After that we trekked for an hour. Running. Looking back to see for pursuing SUVs. Nibbling on oranges. Fishing for sunscreen in bags.Trying(…)
Malana Diaries – The First Adventure
“Trekking girl or party girl?” asked the 30-something firang from behind his shades, with a suggestive twitch of the mouth. Leaning back in his chair at the open café in Kasol, he waited for an answer. Taken completely unawares, I looked at him trying to conceal my surprise at his directness. “Trekking girl.” I replied(…)
Som Sabadell: How Beethoven’s Symphony became a Flash Mob in Spain
Sabadell, Catalonia’s second biggest town, does not come in the news very often. Just twenty kilometers from Barcelona, Catalonia’s capital and biggest city, it is the quintessential step daughter that was never treated at par. Neither does it have Barca’s glitz, nor glamour, nor its touristy appeal. It certainly does not have Lionel Messi. Why,(…)
Tales of Romania: Who was Count Dracula?
A mist descends from the sky and slowly swirls around the carriage. The horses pick up pace, not because their driver is pulling tighter at the reins, but because they are as nervous as him. The carriage rattles along, spraying the dust and stones in its wake, as it moves rapidly through the only(…)
Two Men and a Little Girl in Pondicherry
Trring! “Hi, can I talk to Nishi?” says a suave voice from the other end. “Ya, this is Nishi,” I reply putting on my best tone. Crisp Voice says, “Congratulations Nishi, you have won the Tata Nano food-quote contest. You are going to shoot a sequence on the show Highway on my Plate with Rocky(…)
A very happy second birthday
‘Time flies! Years of plenty disappear before the eternity to which we are all hastening’ - John Fletcher And why do I get reminded of it……because today(…)
Making History at WeAreHolidays
It is the year 736 AD. Dust flies from the barren land, as a mob of turbaned riders on galloping horses trample down everything unfortunate enough to lie in the way. Suddenly, the head raises his sword and all men and steeds stop obediently. The leader’s horse tosses his head in the air and neighs(…)
How (and why) to go to Antarctica
Why should we go to Antarctica? Open a travel forum, and they shall tell you ‘for the ice capped glaciers, for the Emperor Penguins, for the unusual and pristine landscape and for its virgin nature.’ But is that only why we want to visit a land, where the weather can change in a matter of(…)
The Man who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler
In the November of 1938, a man took a train from Königsbronn to Munich. When he reached there, he made his way to Löwenbräu, a historic beer hall. As he weaved his way through the cavernous underground hall, all around him men were raising their mugs, cheering and lauding a mustached man standing in the(…)
