Category Archives: Vacation

Puppet

there is a thread that takes me back a hundred years, to the dreams of people who cannot see anymore. there is a thread that pulls me forward a hundred years, to the dreams of people who don’t have eyes … Continue reading

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Spirituality

vast expanses of air between royal sturdy mountains, (which are a little temperamental sometimes, slipping and rumbling and such). decorated with cedar and pine, the slopes appear from afar like the head of a hedgehog. shades of green and brown … Continue reading

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Kissed by water

i wandered the rocky beach oblivious to you looking at me from the distance i missed your gentle footsteps creeping up to the rocks swiftly, silently until you were tickling the palms of my sand-soaked feet, cooling me and threatening … Continue reading

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Waiting

Picture: Aditi Kothiyal; Location: Pawna Lake, Khandala  come, sit let us soak our tired feet; the waters are warm and the air is silent light and darkness still twirl joyfully together when the evening falls and light grows tired, darkness … Continue reading

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Light::Dark

PC: Aditi Kothiyal; Location: Ellora Caves on her body they play a game of hopscotch, jumping here and there. they settle in her eyes. lost in time they dance together to a personal melody.

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More vacation indulgences.

I am sitting with a cup of coffee right now, which happens to be my favorite chilly, cloudy weather beverage and reflecting on the chilly, cloudy weather of Ranikhet. My aunt and uncle kept telling me that when the clouds … Continue reading

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Vacation – Part 2: Kitchen discoveries.

There is something about the mountain air. It makes food better, if that is possible. My most romantic memory is of standing outside a PWD guest house in Ooty with a bunch of my college friends at dawn sipping on … Continue reading

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Vacation – part 1.

When you reach your vacation spot and find that on the very first evening you can’t get out of bed after your afternoon nap, you know it’s time to rethink your vacation. I hate being sick in general – but … Continue reading

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