Live like a child every day, you will never regret that you did. – Sneha Marappa 😉 Smile 1 Every morning there are two times I come out of my room before I get to work: 1) To brush my teeth & stare at this specific tree in the front and a hill on my... Continue Reading →
5 years…
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time-J. R. R. Tolkien Time flies they say, it indeed does. It’s been 5 long years since I published my first blog post. I read it again today, I remember how emotional I was that day when I clicked on that publish button. I received calls from friends... Continue Reading →
One Trail Many Stories
Everything I learned I learned from the movies-Audrey Hepburn There is this part of me which floats in the scenes of movies, a part of me that always thinks how does a real-life will be if it was like in movies. With background music, slow motion of a leaf touching the ground, happy endings and... Continue Reading →
Pursuit of Happiness
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life – Omar Khayyam Some of us live our life by doing what we love and some of us live our life by doing what we are trained to do. The way we live is chosen by ourselves; there may be many reasons on why we... Continue Reading →
Areca Nut Farms and their stories in Sirsi
Travelling: It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller-Ibn Battuta Raindrops are dripping from the concaved mud tiled roof, sky touched palm trees sway along the wind, everyone’s working hard in the fields wearing a unique cap. This is a scene from a Kannada movie called “Nammoora Mandaara Hoove” and this is where... Continue Reading →
Devrai Art Village – Where Art blends with Nature
The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke – Jerzy Kosinski Dating back to thousands of years, India holds rich heritage in many art forms. One of them is Dhokra, which is being practiced for more than 4,000 years originated in West Bengal and now is practiced in most of the... Continue Reading →
Slow travel in Sinharaja Forest, Sri Lanka!
If you slow things down, you notice things you had not seen before – Robert Wilson Dusk had kicked in; I was in Deniyaya bus stand where even the street lights were off. I heard a voice…it was Ranjith, Tuk Tuk driver who had come to pick me up. A relief, but was still not... Continue Reading →
A Day in a village called Weerawila!
How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time-Morgan Freeman Most of the holidays in school was spent in my village, stealing mangoes, climbing up the rocks, attending fairs, relishing home cooked meals, climbing trees, playing local games, getting drenched in rain, ploughing field, jumping on hay, phew the list... Continue Reading →
People of Sri Lanka
Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about-Marilyn Monroe Scattered brain, job that I never liked, people that I love, place that I have hate/love relationship with, lost relationships, lead to a frustration which made me book a trip for 7 days to Sri Lanka last year in... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Life in the sacred Hill of Sri Lanka!
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow-Anita Desai I have learned a lot while traveling, mostly from the people I meet who always have a positive impact on my life! Hence, I am always choosy on the place I travel to & most importantly the place I stay in; I believe the relationship... Continue Reading →