Today, I woke up to the sounds of hammers hitting concrete. I was thinking maybe somebody is repairing the home for the winter. Then my house help came, and we were having a casual conversation about snow. She said, our Devata(the God concept here) asked to demolish a tank that was built around a water…
Today was one of the festive days of this season. It was the start of the new month according to the local calendar. For mainland India, today is Makar Sankranti, and in Shilha village, it is “Magh ka Saja. Sajja or Saja is the festival like celebration that happens in the villages here at the…
Moving to the mountains, living a village life in a very pretty village in the Parvati Valley, it was all fun until I was warned about the harsh winters we were going to face very soon. In fact, that used to be the conversation starter with most of the villagers I met after deciding to…
The traveller in me is taking a new direction and venturing into things I dreamt of long ago. I have always wanted to live in a place and truly make it my home, rather than just exploring for a day or two. It was always fun to understand the life and nature there, be a…