I love things that are old. I love the fact that they have a story to tell. I feel thrilled when I think about what all they would have seen. I like to believe that they are even carrying along a secret from another time. …
Bangkok is a hot place. We traveled there in November expecting it to be pleasant. We were a little disappointed. The city was not like-an-oven-kind-of hot but it was not pleasant either. It was warm and humid. To top it up, we were trying to …
Erawan shrine, located in Thailand’s capital Bangkok, came into news last year for unfortunate reasons. A powerful bomb blasted right outside the shrine killing 20 and injuring about 120 others. I left the newsroom years ago but still there is a part of me which …
We had heard it, we knew about it but we never did it ourselves. Yet, this year it seems that it was meant to be. We finally went for our first ever pandal hopping for one of the most romantic celebrations in India, fondly called …
When Mr B and I moved in together after our marriage, we brought nobody with us except ourselves. He was already living alone away from his parents for years now, so he had mostly forgotten many of things that his family used to do. So …
Ma and Little B’s adventure at the Aero India 2015 were originally published in offdhook.com as What Did My 4-year-old Daughter Do at the Air Show and Was It Worth It? I am re-publishing it for the readers of YellowMellowLife.com. Living in Bengaluru, it is hard to …
Vittala Temple This is the temple of the elusive Stone Chariot and musical pillars that adorn every travelogue written on Indian tourism. The ‘temple’ is actually a sprawling campus with temples, halls and pavilions. And oh! the details on the carving, the symmetry and the …
“Not all those who wander are lost.” ~ JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring How does ‘wandering in the ruins’ sound? Adventurous? Laid back? Romantic? Perhaps even pensive? I lived every such emotion roaming in the streets of Hampi, like a nomad. As if, if …
I jump at every opportunity where I can do something different with her. Whether it is a local community drive or visit to a how-so-ever-small farm, I am up for it. So when I found out about the Science Express exhibition parked literally right behind my house, I had to go.
We went for a week-long December vacation to Goa. It has been our December tradition for three years now to go to a place with sun, sea and sand. This year it was Goa. Sunset at Anjuna,