On the fourth day of our African Safari, we had breakfast and left at 7.30 am for Amboseli National park – another 6 hours drive. This time we had to cross Nairobi and head in the south-east direction, again towards the Tanzania border. Both Amboseli and Masai Mara (West Kenya) are next to the Tanzanian… Continue reading African Safari – Day 4
African Safari – Day 3
The third day we left for Naivasha, about a 6-hour drive from Masai Mara moving north. As we left this beautiful region I felt a lump in my throat. The sunrise lit up the sky with an orange hue silhouetting the Serengeti. On the way we stopped at a restaurant and had breakfast which the… Continue reading African Safari – Day 3
African Safari – Day 2
Our second day began pretty early. We had a quick breakfast and carried packed lunch with us. We were to have a picnic in the Serengeti!! We followed a trail of vehicles and reached a spot where a Leopard was taking a stroll. It was a little difficult to spot him amongst the tall grass… Continue reading African Safari – Day 2
The African Safari
Never in my life would I have thought that I would be able to see such wondrous creations of nature up close and so close! This trip happened because my sister decided to give our Dad the ultimate happiness of being in Africa and seeing his favourite animals all around him. So, Dad at 80… Continue reading The African Safari
The Adivasi Will Not Dance – Book Review
Written by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, 2015 The magic of the stories is that I was effortlessly pulled into the story setting and was a part of the lives of the characters and felt comfortable with them as if I knew what they were going through. Yes, the stories revolve… Continue reading The Adivasi Will Not Dance – Book Review
Loyal Stalkers -Book Review
Author- Chhimi Tenduf-La Loyal Stalkers may tell you that it has 15 short stories, but in fact, it is a novel. As you skip from one story to another you notice how smoothly one story weaves into the next making it seem so real. Each story deals with characters with grey areas and I think… Continue reading Loyal Stalkers -Book Review
New beginnings
The last day of 2017 and I thought– the right time to start my brand new blog! And then I wondered — Why is it that we think of doing something new at the beginning of a New year?! Yes, precisely because it is a new year. But then so is Every day. What if… Continue reading New beginnings
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