Flapping Footsteps

            Its been couple months that I have written something but my recent experience with car servicing pulled me back to pen this down. Its been over 8 months now that all of us were under lockdown and most of us trying to avoid any physical contact with unknown person as much as possible. However, few incidents tend to get past this. It had been over a year that I had Grey Wind in good shape and shine. So, I decided to get it serviced at the regular workshop with Sharayu Hyundai at Juinagar/Turbhe. Since I reside in Navi Mumbai, and with no known good garages, I get my car serviced with them. Two weeks back I scheduled a service appointment however, that was cancelled on my end and I asked the attendant to schedule me for next week. When no one came to pick up the car the other week, I called up and was told there was no appointment scheduled for Grey Wind. I insisted on getting the appointment sometime on Monday this week.  ...

Back in the mid-2014, while I was about to get hitched, I really wanted our honeymoon to be special. Being a travel addict, and smitten by beautiful landscapes and culture, I am always eager to explore new lands. While I was thinking about the place to wind down after the big fat Indian wedding, I was keener on exploring some place in India than an international trip. But life had some other plans and we ended up booking ourselves for Bali. I did an extensive research on the itinerary with the help of a friend who had been there a year back. And so there we were exploring the beauty of Bali. When one starts exploring Bali, they can truly make out why it’s called as The Land of Gods. An Artist in Ubud From beautiful turquoise water to the volcanic mountains to the cliff side temples to the rice paddy fields and beautiful music, its truly a place that hits your wanderlust chord. As soon as we land in Bali, we get to see the war statues depicted from the Hindu epic Mahabharata ...

What is Music? For some it’s a way to distress themselves, for some it’s an energy booster, for some it’s a way to connect with others, many love the beats that move their body, others get lost in the beautiful words while few even get carried away. If one divulges into history of mankind, Music has been here forever. Whether we dig into some old scriptures, sculptures or paintings, everywhere we find a trace of it. Even the oldest of fossils shows us some or the other evidence of music or a musical instrument to that civilization. And most importantly, Music has surely evolved over centuries and so did the musical instruments. Right from the cave man using claps, slaps or even singing to different tunes; to flutes, drums and harps during the medieval times, we have surely evolved to using synthesizers, electric guitars and even computer programs that create music now a days. It gradually became more complex and so did the musical instruments. Research has shown that music can pos...

               Me and my friends have been doing a monsoon trip every year. It has been a ritual for us no matter we meet some other time of the year or not, but this trip short/long doesn’t matter, we all go and have a good time. It all began with a random trip we took in the monsoons to Mahabaleshwar couple years back and the fun we had has been itched in our minds forever. From there on, every monsoon was eagerly waited for a new place to be explored. For the last 2 years, this ritual is broken and it’s not like an effort was never made but somehow, it just didn’t happen. However, I knew I’d get sometime by the end of year and had already geared up friends to make themselves available, no matter what!! And it was affirmatively agreed upon right away. We all started looking for places where we could ride to for a weekend since that was the only time where all of us could fit in. The priority for this trip was a...

               Last weekend I was at a wedding with my dad and we were killing time between the Wedding and Reception. He realized that he saw a decent vegetable market on the way but doesn’t recollect where it was. So, we asked the Security person at the venue Bhaiya Vegetable market kahan hai? (Where is the Vegetable market?). And he responded Sidha jao aur signal se Right lena (Go straight up to the junction and take a Right) but his hand gesture suggested the opposite. Dad got confused and it just made me laugh as it reminded me of the day when we had one crazy time with the Odds. I told dad he meant Left as the words that come out of mouth could go wrong, but the body language is always in the right direction. We reached the junction and took a Left. The market was right there as the hand suggested. We got our stuff and, on our way back, dad asked what made you laugh. I told dad about that crazy day as it...

Being an admirer of nature and traveling, I always wanted my son to start early on road trips and was thinking on nearby place where I could take him to ASAP. Around 2 months back, I and my dad were having this discussion of going to our native place which we always do once a year. And my dad an avid traveler (though he didn’t travel many places apart from Gujarat because he couldn’t but am sure he would have had time and money permitted. I got this travel bug from my parents) himself suggested of taking a road trip to Gujarat. He is very much keen on taking one himself for a long time now. So, I got on doing some research and preparing itinerary. The only thing that stopped me from taking this trip right away was Grey Wind as many of you got to know her from my previous post. It’s a mouse and we are a family of five and a half (me, wife, our 5-month-old son, my folks and sister) which makes it uncomfortable for such a long drive. We finally decided on breaking this journey in pa...