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Chai Garam Chai.

मंज़िले रुस्वा हैं  खोया हैं रास्ता  आये ले जाए  इतनी से हैं इल्तिजा  यह मेरी ज़मानत हैं  तू मेरी अमानत हैं  मुझको इरादे दे  कस्मे दे  वादे दे  मेरी दुआओं  के इशारों को सहारे दे  दिल को ठिकाना दे  नए बहाने दे  ख्वाबों की बारिशों को मौसम के पैमाने दे  अपनी करम  की कर अदाएं  कर ले इधर  भी तू निगाहें  सुन रहा हैं ना तू  रो रही हूँ मैं  सुन रहा हैं ना तू  क्यों रो रही हूँ मैं I love train journeys. Second only to road journeys. It's really one of the best ways to see India. As the train traverses the changing landscapes, you discover the multiple hues of this beautiful country. Depending on where in the country you are, the view outside your windows changes from dense forests to plain green fields to desert brown terrain to bright yellow of the mustard fields that stretch as far as your eyes can see. As a child, our family would alw...

Bali : The island of Gods

For most months this year, I have something or the other planned. And in a way, that keeps me going. March was this awesome, life changing, baking course in London and April, was a visit to the Philippines. May was my BIG month! I was going for my first ever yoga retreat and then back to Hyderabad, for a very dear friend’s wedding and then home to Jaipur and then finally to the city that has my dil : Dilli. Like most things in life, you are extremely excited when something you’ve been looking forward to is approaching. My best example for this is my birthday. I look forward to it. BIG TIME. And then it quietly comes and goes. And then suddenly, this whole excitement that filled you up for so long, suddenly disappears. Leaving you a little empty. The feeling is almost akin to the ending of a beautiful book. When it’s over, you’re left feeling as though people you had dearly loved and lived so long with and shared a journey with, have suddenly left you for an unknown destina...