THE HIMALAYAN DIARIES – Part 1
May 25, 2021
Travels I have done many; Journeys, a few. And trekking, some in the Himalayas. Since that fateful day in 2011, when I first stepped out of a train onto Katgotham railway platform and breathed the sharp clean air, I transformed into another person. Himalayas brought home a curiously different perspective to life, an amazing disconnect […]
TRAVELLING ALONE
May 23, 2021
Solitary travel is a creative occupation. And yes, for women as well, although a bit rare, particularly for middle-aged women in India, or at least it was rare eleven years ago when I started to travel alone or with a friend or family member for only a part. Travelling alone was not my idea of […]
TALKING TURKEY
Aug 28, 2017
Travelling to Turkey was a long cherished dream of mine. In fact, almost every Kidwai wanted to see Konya with his own eyes, from where Qazi Qudwa, their first ancestor had travelled to India in the late twelfth century. The members of the Kidwai/Qidwai clan were well aware of their social and intellectual capital in […]