The author’s steadfast belief that what he uttered was painfully funny. From the reader’s point of view, sometimes, only painful.
Everyone’s always telling you how to make your trip more fun and flawless and just bloody AWESOME, so I figured we need gyan of a different kind. And therefore, I present 10 ways to ruin a perfectly awesome holiday. Now I wouldn’t suggest you try these things, quite the opposite actually. 1. Be a picture(…)
What’s your favourite part of a festival? The sweets? The gifts? The lights? What else? Where’s the crazy fun part? Like when you fill balloons with coloured water and throw it at random people on Holi. Or dress up as Catwoman on Halloween? Here are some other wild and wacky festivals around the globe that(…)
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(…)
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(…)
You have either been at the receiving end or at the giving end. Truth is you have been at one end. Travelling with someone is much like living out a marriage. You enjoy your time with the person, you suffer him/her, you annoy the hell out of the dawg. Some are difficult, some are a(…)
Doing your business is serious stuff. Sitting on the pot can be one of the most epiphanic experiences of your life. That’s where creativity strikes at its best. So isn’t it only fair that we have some food for thought whilst doing the oh-so-serious business? Whether or not you agree with the idea, there are(…)
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(…)
They are the biggest clichés but also the most popular poses among tourists. You do have a picture of yourself holding the Taj Mahal by its tip, right? Pushing back back the Leaning Tower of Pisa? Kissing the sphinx? We have all been there, done that. If you are thinking boring clichéd photographs of tourists, then(…)
“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(…)
We are all silly and pretentious in some way or the other. Each with a unique set of eccentricities. And those peculiar traits of our character bubble up when we travel. That’s the beauty of travel. You just cannot not be yourself. Here’s a list of some stock traveller types. Some annoying, some pitiable, some(…)
The Hauz Khas village is still one of Delhi’s prettier areas. As most of my friends say, “It really does not look like Delhi at all,” with small French cafés, Lebanese and Oriental restaurants jutting out on both sides of one long-winding, thin road. Art galleries and stores selling vintage Bollywood posters too push their(…)
Before you start reading, answer the following questions. Are you done with red roses, hearts and teddy bears? (…)
It’s raining cats and dogs in Delhi, people. The rain gods really seem to have descended upon us, unlike the rest of their brethren who are supposedly in Allahabad right now for the Allahabad Maha Kumbh Mela, what is billed as the largest and greatest religious gathering on the planet. Astonishingly, the 2013 festival is(…)
1) Well, chances are that the dates you shall choose to visit the festival are over the Republic Day Weekend. But let’s explore your options eh. If you are in Delhi, the other interesting event you could be part of is the Republic Day Parade Celebration. Now since you were never the brave sorts,(…)
So the most you’ve read is the first ten pages of The Secret Seven, a gift on your ninth birthday. And now your most recent love interest, possibly the love of your life, is dragging you to the Jaipur Literature Festival. And you’re thinking, “But Om Book Shop is just down the road”. Well, it’s(…)
So, you have decided that you have had enough action in 2012, and that anymore and they might just put your name in the Hall of Fame next to Jenna Jameson and err forgive me, but I do not know any male porn stars. Or maybe you believe that what happens on the first day(…)
1) Punjab So, you are sitting in Punjab and decided that Christmas was the festival you love, more than that dirty, wet holi and that noisy Diwali. And to commemorate the same, you decide to dress up as Santa, and go about wearing that red suit, fake white beard, with a sack on your back, (…)
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