Those of you who know me would know that I’m equally comfortable in a saree as in pants. Sarees feed me with a sense of feminine power—the swoosh of fabric as I stride, the pinned-up pallu that signals efficiency and getting things done with my hands. And when the pallu is unpinned, its fluid playfulness […]
I remember my first sighting of Everest so vividly, even though I’m writing this after a few months. That morning we started from Namche towards Tengbouche and after the short climb out of Namche and onto the main hill about 1 hour into the trek, we spotted Everest. There she was – in reality and
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Question: Why do people wish us ‘Happy Journey’ when we’re undertaking one and not ‘Reach your destination, no matter how’. It’s obvious isn’t it because the quality of the journey matters most, not reaching the destination battered and bruised. I realised this with my first trek. Read on. The first trek I undertook was in
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