Journies of change

Movement is the key

Memories

  • Miyajima Island- The Deer Outpost

    (Published in Tripatini.com) The spritely deer, nosing their way around on Miyajima Island, 10 miles from Hiroshima in the Seto Inland Sea and a sacred Shinto and Buddhist site, remind me of Sarnath (Varanasi), in the hot, dusty plains of North India. It was in Sarnath, called ‘Mrigadava’ or deer park, that Buddha gave his first… Read more

  • Accidental Expat ……Displaced Nation

    My new post in Displaced Nation……… https://thedisplacednation.com/2016/09/09/the-accidental-expat-a-stopover-in-toronto-the-worlds-most-multicultural-city/ THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A stopover in Toronto, the world’s most multicultural city   Read more

  • Accidental Expat -2 Hong Kong

    ‘…. travel is, deep down, about the real confirmation of very unreal dreams (PICO IYER…’CAN A TRIP EVER BE AUTHENTIC’) 2000-2008…a period of hibernation, of re-locations from Muscat to New Delhi to Gurgaon, Haryana. Property boom and strong industrial base had transformed Gurgaon, a sleepy village with affiliations to Mahabharata (one of the religious tomes of India),… Read more