I, the Wanderer

For Madhya Pradesh, I will like to start with one quote "It is nice finding those places where you can go out and relax" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a state suffering humongous population issues, being a traveler's den seems a distant dream. If you have been there, or you haven't, you should know one thing and that is Madhya Pradesh is no Himachal nor Rajasthan, it's a distinct land that has just started to taste money. The state doesn't offers anything like North India or South India, for wherever I went things are still simple and sublime as they were 20 years ago in Delhi or Faridabad. You still get to feel the old world air, the old Indian-faces with non branded clothes, travelling their way to work in autos, mini-buses but with their cellphones in hand. The best part about the state - Hindi. It's everywhere and I like it when I can speak Hindi. It's easier and it's Indian. That wil...

Cat Family! One beautiful family of hard-core hunters who have adapted to every surrounding thrown at them - mountains, plains, grasslands and the ever-growing cityscapes around the world. Look around you and what do you find? Cats are the next in number to dogs. They have the best pair of enthralling eyes that one wishes to possess himself, more so if it glows in the dark. Patting the cat. talking to frog We have all read about cats being independent animals, they don't really fit in. On the other hand, our favorite poochie poohs, the dogs, are real good at pretending for all the love and attention they wish to receive. Cats don't pretend. They bite. Just a day before, patting a cat made me feel good. I had to ask Mendhak to confirm what it means if a cat has it's tail shooting straight towards the sky. She said the cat is trying to be friendly. It was. But only that day. Next day, the same cat with the same body language bit me on my right hand and hence began a...

"Happiness is only real when shared"  This statement comes from the book of a certain someone I know, and I am sure anybody who can recognize this phrase will know him too. We have met him, seen him do his things his way and finish off his journey looking at the sun, the very element of life on this planet, the basis of everything that is happening today, even this blog post!!  Happiness, lately, has been quite difficult to understand, comprehend and interpret. It is a feeling, I am sure of it because for some time of my life, I really felt happy. For some reason, if you ask me today about happiness, the only thing I can offer you in return is a grin, or a sarcastic smile, or apparently a face with a biiiig question mark on it. Yeah, right there on the forehead!  Therefore , in a reverse chronological order, I am going to list down a few memories  I have with Happiness, now a dreaded H-word! 1- Baby Neem   Although it's still very difficult to c...

 "Main chal raha hu" was my last message to Rajat. I had to don the role of Batman and play some dirty tricks on my family to let me go, before I had been blamed of utter disrespect to everyone at home. Mother is quite unhappy since my spends on travel have grown over the years, gradually being modelled as a spendthrift at home. What do I do if I dont do what keeps me happy?  It had always been about the bike. I have seen the mountains and I know how they look like. I have seen the rivers and I know how they look like. I know I will see more of them but how? With a bike of course. It's winter here and it all gets really foggy in the morning which is one thing that makes me go crazy. Although the risk of moving around on highways during a thick fog is high, the least we can do is stay as careful as possible. No over speeding. No overtaking. No rash riding. Go and explain this to Akash. You are only wasting his time.  I could barely sleep for 2-3 hours since the 2nd la...

 "So bro, mera to trip spontaneous hi hota hai. Mazaa aata h. Kayi baar toss karke decide karta hu kaha jaana h. Kya fayda agar journey k baare mein sab pehle se hi pata ho?" I kept mumbling Gyaan to a blank faced Raman, who I bet would be wondering why he was there. My lectures are usually boring, I admit. But here was a person not known to me, being preached on about various things that had happened earlier in the day, and why I wasnt really angry. We never knew the word 'spontaneous' would be the summary of the Kerala trip. Let me rewind. "Cab nai mil rahi" "Acha ho gayi hai" "Heloo bhaiya" "Han aap ajao" "Kitni der" "Han bahar khade hai" These are precious words from Chirag, a friend destiny chose for me, not me. A vegetarian by nature, the only thing he has ever eaten is my modesty, whether I am with people or alone. Not even one hour has ever passed that he had not taken away my peace, whenever h...

“You know what, that girl asked me C mil gaya? All I could say was nahi, C ban gaya, and there the three of them stood laughing”. She chuckled, as I was telling her story about my recent visit to Jaipur due to official work. “Why are you so much into girls these days?” she asked. “It’s the weather”, I reasoned out, perfectly ready with the answer. “Last time I went to Jaipur, I was with these friends of mine and they asked us to go to Raj Mandir, I really thought Raj Mandir was a temple, but it’s actually a cinema hall”, she sat down as we agreed on taking another metro, since the one in front of us was too crowded. “I was on periods” she added. At first, it sounded to me like she was on periods and hence couldn’t go, because the body might not be at its best at those times (which usually my female friends tell) and with constant mood swings, energy is on a downward slope. But then something bothered me. ...