“I failed” — probably the two hardest words for anyone to say. Embracing failure has never been something that’s taught or talked about commonly in the infinite wisdom that the world has to offer. You’re born into an ever successful world, and failing is something to get shunned over. People feed the mightiness of being successful…
How ‘Minimalism’ can be a catalyst for travelling well.
Minimalism, has surfaced in the last few years as a philosophy that focuses on “simple living”, finding it’s way to the masses, and gradually becoming a lifestyle for many. Modern minimalism takes into consideration the digitalization aspect of the 21st century as well, but the idea of simple living has been around for a long…
Done is better than perfect!
Having a perfectionist mindset can sometimes be your own undoing, and have you falter in a feedback loop where you self-criticize to an extent that you don’t actually do anything, and just spiral down, until you eventually give up! When I say a perfectionist mindset, in no way, do I mean that anything I do…
Society wants you to be just so average that you don’t stand out!
Society — is it an invisible construct, or something tangible that surrounds us? This question always used to bother me — what is society? But, whatever it may be, it certainly has an undeniable impact on all our lives from the moment we are born. Whatever we grow into, is because of society, the people that surround us, the…
Craziest pieces of music ever written!
There’s always something magical that music brings in our lives, no matter the genre, it has always been a profound way with which artists connect with their audiences, turning their thoughts and ideas, into wonderful pieces of art. Musicians invite thousands of people to take part in their art, as people relate to their music,…
It’s a long way back home!
There’s something unusually lonely about travelling solo, that you don’t often crave reaching the destination, as much as you would when travelling with someone else. Sometimes the comfort of a moving bus, train or a flight, along with the abundance of fellow travellers, can give you that temporary relief of not being alone, of being…
Triund and Kareri: Dhauladhar Marvels
On one end of the Dhauladhar range — a part of the lesser Himalayas, with the highest peak in the range “ the Matterhorn peak”, rising to an elevation of 4971 meters — lies the Triund trail, which serves as the starting point for the majestic Indrahar pass and the Moon Peak, the second highest peak in the Dhauladhar range,…