My hobbies
As a young boy, I had the privilege of listening to a lot of stories from my grandmother. There were a couple of stories that stood out for me, for the simple reason that I listened them the most.
One was the story of Chandrahasa. The special liking to this story wasn’t coz it was my namesake but for a fact that it had all the amazing ingredients that make a great period story. I do have to give the story credit as it gave me a lot of ideas and concepts that slowly built into my persona.
The first stop on the 12 day vacation was on an island also known as the Emerald Isle. The stay at Colombo was not a prerequisite on any of our travel plans but since the packaged tour was organized in collaboration with Sri Lankan Airlines, a mandatory one day stop was made on the Island.
Honestly one day is not enough time to get an opinion about any place, let alone a country. But Sri Lanka reminded me a lot of South India. The people, places, climate and hell even the accent seemed awfully similar :P
This picture has to be my most favorite photo. I has me doing something I always wanted to do but for some reason believed I would never be able to do it. Life a funny way of turning around and smiling at you sometimes :)
Here is a short list of things I did in the last 12 days (for the first time in my life). Lets see if I can remember them all :P In the last 12 days, for the first time in my life I… visited another country(not counting walking to the border of Bhutan :P ) … Read more
When I finished writing The Sculptor’s Statue about a year and a half ago, i could not have guessed the impact it would have on me. The circumstances that led me to write that short story are still very much private, but I truly consider that my finest and most honest writing experience. A few … Read more