When I was a child, my favorite subject is school was English. Every summer vacation when my parents would buy school text books for the coming year, I would grab the English books and immerse myself in the stories that…
Author: saishree
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 2)
We bundled ourselves into the jeep, and into Silent Valley. Well, actually, two jeeps. We tried being cheap, and tried to squeeze ourselves into one, but the guys at the Information Center took one look at the hubby and me,…
When we get it right – Silent Valley (Part 1)
The hubby and me have this constant argument about how good things are abroad, and how we mess up things in India. He thinks I am a snob (which I admit I probably am, but if I am perfect…
Cambodia – Part 2
And then there was Angkor Wat…. So nothing prepares you for Angkor Wat. Or well, nothing really prepared me for it. Not all the research I had done, not all the pictures I had seen on the net, not all…
Cambodia – Part 1
So there was a time, a few years back, or rather a few many years back, when Yashraj movies had not come into my life. When romance did not involve chiffon saris and snowcapped mountains, when nature did not mean…
What makes for a good travel partner!
I have always taken pride in the fact that I can get along with most people. On most days. So it’s really strange when I find that travelling with people is not that easy. Your travel partner could be your…
Conversations for a Married Couple
One of things that scared me about marriage was big gatherings. Not just gatherings with relatives, but even gatherings with friends. And if you know anything about me, that’s strange. I love being with people, and I have always loved…
I am not one of those “trekking” people!
“Why would any sane person huff and puff and sweat and stink and kill themselves walking through some god forsaken place?” Very sane question I must say. “Especially when there’s a jeep which will take you the summit that gives…
The View from the Balcony
Every day after work, the husband and me sit sipping chai in our apartment balcony. It’s usually dusk, the sky is a brilliant cloudy orange, there’s the faint smell of the chemicals used for fumigating mosquitoes, there’s the sound of…
It’s not really about Molly Aunty
One of the highlights of this weekend was Molly Aunty. No, she is not a distant relative or a gift from my in laws 🙂 Molly Aunty Rocks is a Malayalam movie which released in theatres with fairly good reviews…