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Tag: Deshadanam 2014

  • Traveling To India For A Month – A Backpackers Guide

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    A friend I made in NYC asked me for advice regarding traveling to India for a month. This was my reply and I thought it had enough material to be shared with everyone. Please feel free to add your suggestions and comments as well. He asked me: My friend is getting married in Ahmedabad on…

  • Yet Another Post On The Perks Of Being A Solo Traveler

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    The greatest part of my failed attempt to travel around India for a year was the 17 days I spent traveling Gujarat in the summer of 2014. Subramanian, my friend from college was pursuing his post graduation at SVNIT in the diamond city of Surat and was kind enough to let me bunk with him…

  • Packing Up and Moving Out

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    This is a memoir I scribbled on my notebook on 19th April 2014, while I was in Bhuj, Gujarat. I had to leave my journey unfinished and return home after Gujarat to help with my sisters marriage. Although the dream of traveling India is unfulfilled, I still consider this journey a successful one, because I…

  • The Art of Bragging

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    I was in Mumbai a few months back, and during a conversation with Sumit over chicken (he is the only guy I know who loves chicken as much as I do), I declared that everything I do, I do it to brag about it. And I was not a wee bit ashamed to admit it.…

  • The Hunt For Matilda

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    India is very well connected by trains (in fact one of the best train networks in the world), state transport buses and rickshaws. But when it was time to decide how I would be travelling the country, I wanted something that would give me the freedom to take any road I want whenever I wanted.…