The Oeuvre

  • Ranthambore and Chittorgarh: Wedding Shenanigans

    November 2014: Ranthambore In November 2014, my then-colleagues and I committed to attending our colleague’s wedding near Dausa. So, we took the opportunity to see Ranthambore, and had our tickets booked for Sawai Madhopur in the 7 PM Mewar Express. I took the day off from work and decided to go watch the movie Interstellar…

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  • Tomfoolery in the Thar: Jaisalmer, Ranao and Bikaner

    Prelude With my B-school admission fast approaching, and my mobility improving 2.5 months into the recovery after my accident in Khajuraho, I decided to make one last big trip before I left Delhi for the year-long intensive course. So, my friend and colleague Amit and I took off to Jaisalmer by Ranikhet Express, which started…

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  • Khajuraho: A Personal Odyssey

    For more than 15 years, I harboured a longing to see Khajuraho, a dreamy place that I had read about in my school history textbooks, whose mention and descriptions conjured up images of a culturally rich and advanced town bustling with activity in the middle of dense forests. In December 2016, as I awaited the…

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  • Aravalli Archives: Alwar, Bhangarh and Sariska

    For many years I had seen the name ‘Alwar’ – on other buses while I waited for the bus to Jaipur or on road signage on my many forays to Jaipur. I had even passed through Alwar on one occasion on a bus, and had memories of a city glaring under the sun against the…

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  • There Will Be

    Then there will be the heavy feeling again,One that’s born out of the strangest pain,Not like the one mighty blow of a sword,But the sting of many a hurtful word;I’m sure everyone’s had a taste of thatAt some point of time in a life come what.I hate to say – you are no exception,How will…

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  • Fire and Water

    Fire and Water once met on the hedge-Fire flared, Water hissed, to acknowledgeFire’s to Water what snake’s to snake-catcher,But they could still keep what’s most to matter. Fire and Water played delicate games-Burning and quenching amidst the flames;The Contest played even for most the while,For one winning would make It all futile. Water soon loathed Fire’s searing…

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