I live in India and love to study its cultural diversity. Particularly Mumbai, being a cosmopolitan city offers a variety of experiences both good and bad. I focus on the good ones.
We started a discussion on FB to plan a biking trip around Dahanu and Bordi, and ended up with 4 bikers with their respective Royal Enfield Bullets. We all met at Dahisar Check Naka at 7 am, and then rode … Read more →
I was fascinated by the Tabla very early in my life… the hypnotic tones caught my attention when I heard it being played at a religious function, and I pestered my parents to get me a tutor to teach me … Read more →
Last week, my good friend Peter Theobald posted an announcement on Facebook about a group of street magicians who he had invited to Mumbai to perform. I grabbed the opportunity to arrange a show at Vatsalya Trust, an orphanage in … Read more →
As a follow up of my new year resolution to cycle to all the forts in and around Mumbai, the second fort I tackle is Sewri Fort. The history of Sewri Fort seems intriguing (Wikipedia): Up to the eighteenth century, … Read more →
What better way to spend a weekend than trek up one of the several forts in the Sahyadris! This weekend we decided to go and climb Hadsar fort. As it turned out, everyone else dropped out and it was only … Read more →
This year I plan to cycle to as many forts in and around Mumbai as possible. My first fort trip is to Madh fort. Madh Fort (also called Versova Fort) is a small fort in northern Mumbai, India situated at … Read more →
Aksa beach is located along the mangroves near Malad. The entire mangroves stretch from Versova to Malad is only accessible via a ferry that you can cross over at Versova jetty to reach Madh. One of the favourite cycling routes for the city! Read more →
A visit to my daughter’s St. Xavier’s College gave me a great opportunity to admire the colonial architecture
An amazing film about an amazing project. Truly inspiring journey of a group of people who started off with barren land that was murdered by chemical farming and transformed it into a green haven that sustains the local farmers and makes their farming commercially viable
My sister, her kids and her friend had planned an exciting holiday to Dubai. All preparations were done methodically – she’s good at that – and they landed at Sahar airport at the prescribed 3 hours before the flight. However, … Read more →
Kohoj fort is located near Manor, on the Mumbai Ahmedabad highway NH8. It provides a nice weekend trekking destination, being a medium grade trek. The fort itself does not have too many man-made features. One distinct feature is a rampart … Read more →
A beautiful morning! This is a view I see every day from our terrace, looking towards the east.
A few snaps from our mountain biking trip up Yeoor Hills
Another exciting adventure mountain biking up to Peth Fort. The climb uphill was tough – steep and lots of rocks. But the downhill ride was just great!
This was a ride on August 15th – celebrating India’s Independence day. Was great meeting so many cyclists in Mumbai
Awesome experience mountain biking at Rajmachi Falls, Lonavala