Sights
Driving through God’s Own Country
It was one of our recent driving holidays. My wife, Jyothi, and I were in our SUV. We had set off from Cochin, Kerala early in the morning on our…
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SightsMy father missed the train
I was reading this slim book, ‘The Penguin Book of Indian Railway Stories’, and was reminded of an interesting incident that happened over 4 decades ago. Our family was traveling…
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SightsLost in Bangkok
Several years ago, I stayed in Bangkok on business for about 4 months. People who have traveled to Bangkok would know that while the city is quite tourist-friendly, communication in…
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SightsGenerations in transition – a true story
In 1961, my father, then 36 years old was traveling through Europe. Being an accomplished amateur photographer, he used to carry his German Rolleicord camera and other paraphernalia – a…
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SightsColor bind
Many years ago, I was attending the ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) conference in San Francisco. As a part of the conference events, ASTD had organized sight-seeing trips…
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SightsTravel in genes
Last year, my son, Siddharth, returned home after a month-long solo backpacking trip across Vietnam, Cambodia & Thailand. He stayed in hostels, made new friends of different nationalities on-the-go, and…
