I am amused by people who say they have no dreams. When even animals dream, how can people not? An evil thought comes about subjecting such people to dream deprivation, if only to advance scientific understanding.
I dream both in color as well as in black and white. As with most people, I have recurrent dream …
Category Archives: himalayas
Dreams of An Unquiet Mind
Nice travelogs with pictures
If you liked reading my Spiti Travelogue, I must refer you to Priyank’s site.
Priyank did a mountain biking trek in the Himalayas, and his pictures are awesome. Check his Niagara pictures too!
Updated navigation for travelogue
I was a novice blogger when I started out posting my Spiti travelogue. Thanks to feedback and comments, I’ve realized that it was very difficult to actually navigate through the travelogue. It even led to some folks thinking that the “Introduction” post was the whole travelogue itself!
They have only me to blame. I apologize. Now, I’ve added a nice index to the introduction and added navigation links to help
reading…
Thanks for the patience and bearing with me. Also, note that comments …
Yearning for Sense…
Once an issue becomes a mainstream news item in India, you can be sure every major religious group, political party, student organization, and celebrity will have an opinion on it. After the Shiv Sena, it’s now the All India Minorities Front’s (AIMF) turn to freely express their views on Orkut while living in democratic India.
What are …
Himalaya: Personal Stories of Grandeur, Challenge, and Hope
“To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one’s distance. To understand its form, one must move around it. To experience the moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset, at noon and at midnight, in sun and in rain, in snow and in storm, in summer and in winter and in …
Spiti Travelogue updated with more pictures
I received offline as well as online feedback to update my Spiti Travelogue with more pictures. I was humbled, and have updated the travelogue posts with a large number of additional pictures…take a look!
All your comments, criticisms, and suggestions are most welcome!
Spiti Travelogue: Day 14
Back Where We Began: Home sweet home at last!
All this time, the wheels of our train were constantly bringing us closer and closer to our home. At last, we reached Pune! Wherever you go in the world, there is no place like home! Moreover, after such an extraordinary trip, this was as true as ever.
We waited to …
Spiti Travelogue: Day 13
Wheels Back In Motion: Reflections on the way back home
I always feel uncomfortable and out of place in Delhi. I was anxious to be on our way back, and we caught the Jhelum Express the next day. The others from our group were flying back to Pune, while only George was with us on the train. …
Spiti Travelogue: Day 12
Devilish Delhi: Return to civilization
The next morning, we came to Manali with our Gypsy vans to catch the buses to Delhi. We bid adieu to our vans, and our drivers, Sonam and Mahinder. Our drivers had gained our tremendous respect in the past few days ever since we began our journey with them from Manali. …
Spiti Travelogue: Day 11
Serene Solang: Relaxation before the return journey begins
The quaintness and solitude of this town attracted me tremendously. It was a place where artists of all kinds could swathe in the beauty of nature and rejuvenate their creative powers. Our hotel owner, Sohan Lal, himself was a master of several arts. He knit beautiful carpets and …
