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  • Good Bad & Ugly – Solo Trip

    Good Bad & Ugly – Solo Trip

    After more than a month of solo travel across parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan, these are my takeaways. Learnings I tried to think about the best and worst things that I felt about solo travel. Good 1. Decide anything anytime You want leave town now? You can. You want to change plans to visit some Read more

  • Food’s Journey

    Food’s Journey

    As I travelled across parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan I could feel the type and taste of food slowly change. I saw a broad pattern and this post is about that. Sweet Gujjus Most of the items that I got served in Gujarat were sweet in taste. Some were too sweet for me to even Read more

  • I learnt to make Silver Jewellery

    I learnt to make Silver Jewellery

    I was sitting at a hostel room and a girl there showed an earring and said she made it herself. Intrigued, I asked her where she learnt making jewellery and she said there are jewellery making classes in Pushkar. Thrilled, I got the details. The next day, I was in the class. I have always Read more

  • Jains are Flat Earthers

    Jains are Flat Earthers

    Did you know that the Jains believe that the earth is flat and not a sphere? I am not making this up. I visited a Jain temple called Soni Ji Ki Nasiya temple in Ajmer and when I saw what was written there I was surprised. That’s not it. It is believed that the earth Read more

  • Temple tour in temple town

    Temple tour in temple town

    Pushkar is a temple town. Apart from Pushkar lake which is considered extremely holy, it houses various ancient temples. One is the oldest is the Brahma temple. It is believed to be have been built by Sage Vishwamitra. The whole town is just around the lake. The place is surrounded by hills. And on two Read more

  • Creator cursed

    Creator cursed

    While at Pushkar, I understood the details of the place and why there is a Brahma temple only in Pushkar and nowhere else. Vishnu and Shiva temples are in every village may be! The reason was that Brahma the creator was cursed by his own wife, Savitri. I have always felt that the stories in Read more