This has been a year of big exploration. I’ve blocked off old paths that I’ve trodden all my life, done the emotional equivalent of blasting through rockfaces and created new neural pathways. Thanks to the work in the preceding years, the year started with the realisation that I am stuck at releasing shame and guilt….
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Birding in the Kumaon Himalayas
Part of the Himal Kalasutra festival’s ethos is to increase visitors’ and reinforce the locals’ sense of awareness and awe of biodiversity here. To that end, the 2-day birding programme. I went on the first day with Bhanu, a birding guide from the village, local kids (including 3 teenagers, one of whom is taking the…
Childrun of the mountains
This here boy returns for his 5th year organising a 5 and 10k run for the villages of Munsiari. This is where he fell in love with teaching kids things. For once, I’ve taken 5 years to come and see what he’s been upto. Here’s what it is and what it means for those he’s…
Growing up in a campus- a trip down the NCERT memory lanes
We grew up just outside, then living inside the NCERT campus. We (my brother and I) were well known figures in the campus-almost as well known as our rather popular father. Revisiting it as a 42 year old was highly interesting. Qutb Minar has been something I’d look up and see towering on most days….
Mountain of adventure – getting there
“You have to come meet my other family”, Arvind said. Knowing how rare it is for him to get this close to anyone, I have always been curious about Munsiari and it’s residents. They’d taken on the mystique suitable to a faraway mountainous hamlet crossed over with The Shire. But getting there to experience it…
There and back again 