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Flies crowding in Nako. 11 December 2022
The ideal life. 9 December 2022
It need not be too political. 7 December 2022
Back to the Himalaya. 5 December 2022
That which is extraordinary. 3 December 2022
Old habits die hard. 1 December 2022
Mangoes from home. 29 November 2022
Two thousand rupee notes. 27 November 2022
Three crows to caw. 25 November 2022
I know it won’t. 23 November 2022
Certain overheard grievances. 21 November 2022
Folding a shirt on a windy day. 19 November 2022
A paradox in my chest. 17 November 2022
About a black bird at noon. 15 November 2022
A pandemic memory. 13 November 2022
A SpaceX memory from 2020. 11 November 2022
Silence of the wind. 9 November 2022
Shuttling between Kalpa and Surat. 7 November 2022
MOST WANTED: Unvaccinated entity in the Himalaya. 5 November 2022
A blindspot in flight. 4 November 2022
A sleepwalking truck. 3 November 2022
The cold zipper. 1 November 2022
Impossible shadows. 31 October 2022
I finally came down from the Himalaya 29 October 2022
In praise of fucking up. 27 October 2022
The mountains before your eyes. 25 October 2022
To be a gust of wind in the Himalaya. 23 October 2022
Mountains and the blue whale. 21 October 2022
The moon in the Himalaya. 19 October 2022
Like industrial glue. 17 October 2022
A half-finished statue of mountains. 15 October 2022
Signals from above. 13 October 2022
To be friends with a snow leopard. 11 October 2022
Good swimmers. 9 October 2022
For truth with a sense of humour. 7 October 2022
Who am I writing for? 5 October 2022
How to quickly kill boredom. 3 October 2022
Free will roaming. 1 October 2022
How to live. 29 September 2022
Firefly lost in the cold desert of Spiti. 27 September 2022
Dead man sleeping. 25 September 2022
In praise of the random. 23 September 2022
Do not question an overthinking person. 21 September 2022
Broken glass signals. 19 September 2022
Cold clothes. 17 September 2022
Drilling over what I dreamed. 15 September 2022
Of this earth. 13 September 2022
Discovering that I live next to the Reo Purgyil. 11 September 2022
Swimmer clouds. 9 September 2022
Suddenly remembering a beautiful or intelligent thought 7 September 2022
For the sunlight I stay. 5 September 2022
Cold on the mountain side. 3 September 2022
I want to live carelessly 1 September 2022
Two delicious selfies. 31 August 2022
Two secrets of a dark night. 29 August 2022
Too bad you’re too intelligent. 27 August 2022
Unintended consequences. 25 August 2022
I put my dark glasses on. 23 August 2022
What does not kill me makes me stronger. 21 August 2022
The Kinnaur Kailash at twilight. 19 August 2022
Happy trucks. 17 August 2022
I give impractical and bold advice. 15 August 2022
Tarkovsky’s Stalker playing in my pocket, in my head. 13 August 2022
Young tree sways. 11 August 2022
In the Norah Jones mood of love. 9 August 2022
With greater freedom of the self 7 August 2022
Delicious mountains. 5 August 2022
How to express gratitude to the Himalaya. 3 August 2022
Because of words. 1 August 2022
Two great miracles of life. 31 July 2022
Three mango pickers. 29 July 2022
Demands of little flower plants. 27 July 2022
Time on the rooftop of a haveli. 25 July 2022
The Ghibli bus at night. 23 July 2022
Birds of the Ana Sagar lake. 21 July 2022
Kali in the dog’s mouth. 19 July 2022
Goals for the next two years. 17 July 2022
Bleeding mountains. 15 July 2022
Desperado. 13 July 2022
Excessive individualism is ruinous. 11 July 2022
Hello, Tso Moriri. 9 July 2022
God’s plan. 7 July 2022
Walking with a firefly on my balcony. 5 July 2022
A dog, a snow leopard, and you. 3 July 2022
Do not read this blog. 1 July 2022
I need a kiss. 30 June 2022
How long does it take to fall in love? 29 June 2022
Yellow and red glows of loneliness. 28 June 2022
Some ants and I feasted on cucumbers. 25 June 2022
Let’s not be friends. 22 June 2022
The colours of Matisse. 20 June 2022
I see everything. 18 June 2022
A firefly goes for a night drive on the rough mountain roads. 17 June 2022
On witnessing a simple death. 16 June 2022
Zakir Hussain's music of monsoon. 15 June 2022
Born on 13 June. 13 June 2022
I hope no one will get offended. 11 June 2022
I feared getting bored of the Himalaya. 10 June 2022
Interpreting the sudden sight of a shadow. 9 June 2022
I can’t wait to plunge my head into the snow. 8 June 2022
I want power. 4 June 2022
A message from the Beas. 30 April 2022
Infected by the tech virus. 29 April 2022
Hello, little black ant. 26 April 2022
A landscape for you. 20 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ The night after. 17 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ Full moon love & love. 16 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ The night before. 15 April 2022
Doing nothing is my favourite thing 12 April 2022
I procrastinate. 9 April 2022
Mangoes detour through heart 7 April 2022
I miss the cotton candy days. 5 April 2022
I deeply regret living in cities 4 April 2022
Time on my tongue. 3 April 2022
Spilled water in a blue city. 31 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ A gust of wind. 30 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ A little honey bee. 26 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ Cherry stars. 25 March 2022
I need to get the hell out of my bed. 22 March 2022
The fruit of the night. 17 March 2022
Spring is here. 16 March 2022
A crow and a kite. 15 March 2022
Half moon, half river. 11 March 2022
An argumentative Indian. 10 March 2022
A mountain selfie. 8 March 2022
This blog is taking over my life. 5 March 2022
How to catch the moonlight 4 March 2022
I can’t believe I wrote the last post. 3 March 2022
Firefly on a starry night. 1 March 2022
Two seconds five years ago. 27 February 2022
Birds of prey. 17 February 2022
What would you do if you were given five rupees? 16 February 2022
One-sided love waiting for the other. 14 February 2022
It’s Frank Herbert again. 12 February 2022
Learning to talk. 11 February 2022
A home in the Himalaya. 10 February 2022
I used to be who I was not. 8 February 2022
A red sari in the sun. 7 February 2022
The empty glass of water 6 February 2022
Footprints in the snow. 5 February 2022
When I hesitate. 4 February 2022
Where do clouds learn this? 3 February 2022
Dreaming of getting bored to tears 2 February 2022
About 97% of sadness in my life 1 February 2022
I miss the last century 31 January 2022
How to look when it is starting to snow. 30 January 2022
I bring Death into this world. 28 January 2022
Frank Herbert on the one who terrifies. 24 January 2022
Kiangs of Ladakh. 22 January 2022
Cringe over small imperfections 19 January 2022
Some like me like poetry. 18 January 2022
Black dogs of a blue city. 17 January 2022
The sun lives in my left eye 16 January 2022
What goes around comes around. 15 January 2022
For the love of kite-flying. 14 January 2022
Picking up laundry in the Himalaya. 13 January 2022
Flowers for a friend. 12 January 2022
As much as Vermeer. 11 January 2022
Punishment for cutting down trees 10 January 2022
A fatal blue kiss. 9 January 2022
Moonlight/headlights. 7 January 2022
June, June, June. 6 January 2022
Opening a desert memory in the Himalaya. 5 January 2022
Punishment for artificial flowers and plants 3 January 2022
It’s twenty twenty-two. 1 January 2022
Gajar ka halwa. 29 December 2021
To memorise and be possessed by Satyajit Ray’s music. 28 December 2021
Agha Shahid Ali on vanished love. 27 December 2021
Kahlo on how to live. 26 December 2021
Snow on the moon. 20 December 2021
Selfie. 15 December 2021
Slurping gravity. 12 December 2021
A thought arrives and disappears. 11 December 2021
Pink bougainvillea. 10 December 2021
Earth’s moon from outside the earth. 9 December 2021
Franz Kafka. 8 December 2021
I belong to the Himalaya. 7 December 2021
First snow, Vashisht. 6 December 2021
Dreams of migration. 5 December 2021
The art of long silky threads. 3 December 2021
Walking, walking, walking. 2 December 2021
In praise of terrible first impressions. 30 November 2021
The left river. 29 November 2021
Chilled people from space. 28 November 2021
Dhauladhar overshadowing Dharamshala. 27 November 2021
Serebriakova. 26 November 2021
An extinct memory. 25 November 2021
On cancel culture. 24 November 2021
Frank Herbert on how to not live. 23 November 2021
A monsoon memory from 2017. 22 November 2021
How to live through a pandemic or an inferno. 21 November 2021
How to live. 20 November 2021
Vincent. 19 November 2021
Frank Herbert on greatness. 18 November 2021
Wilderness. 17 November 2021
On the Himalaya. 16 November 2021
Crowding shadows. 15 November 2021
In the mood for. 14 November 2021
Frank Herbert on truth. 13 November 2021
Insomnia (2/2) 12 November 2021
Insomnia (1/2) 11 November 2021
Coincidences. 10 November 2021
Jodhpur blue. 9 November 2021
The magnificent blue lake. 7 November 2021
The blue towel. 6 November 2021
Moonlit snow leopard. 5 November 2021
Whatever. 4 November 2021
Miguel de Cervantes on life. 11 August 2021
On love. 12 April 2021
Snow envy. 12 January 2021
The ideal life. 9 December 2022
It need not be too political. 7 December 2022
Back to the Himalaya. 5 December 2022
That which is extraordinary. 3 December 2022
Old habits die hard. 1 December 2022
Mangoes from home. 29 November 2022
Two thousand rupee notes. 27 November 2022
Three crows to caw. 25 November 2022
I know it won’t. 23 November 2022
Certain overheard grievances. 21 November 2022
Folding a shirt on a windy day. 19 November 2022
A paradox in my chest. 17 November 2022
About a black bird at noon. 15 November 2022
A pandemic memory. 13 November 2022
A SpaceX memory from 2020. 11 November 2022
Silence of the wind. 9 November 2022
Shuttling between Kalpa and Surat. 7 November 2022
MOST WANTED: Unvaccinated entity in the Himalaya. 5 November 2022
A blindspot in flight. 4 November 2022
A sleepwalking truck. 3 November 2022
The cold zipper. 1 November 2022
Impossible shadows. 31 October 2022
I finally came down from the Himalaya 29 October 2022
In praise of fucking up. 27 October 2022
The mountains before your eyes. 25 October 2022
To be a gust of wind in the Himalaya. 23 October 2022
Mountains and the blue whale. 21 October 2022
The moon in the Himalaya. 19 October 2022
Like industrial glue. 17 October 2022
A half-finished statue of mountains. 15 October 2022
Signals from above. 13 October 2022
To be friends with a snow leopard. 11 October 2022
Good swimmers. 9 October 2022
For truth with a sense of humour. 7 October 2022
Who am I writing for? 5 October 2022
How to quickly kill boredom. 3 October 2022
Free will roaming. 1 October 2022
How to live. 29 September 2022
Firefly lost in the cold desert of Spiti. 27 September 2022
Dead man sleeping. 25 September 2022
In praise of the random. 23 September 2022
Do not question an overthinking person. 21 September 2022
Broken glass signals. 19 September 2022
Cold clothes. 17 September 2022
Drilling over what I dreamed. 15 September 2022
Of this earth. 13 September 2022
Discovering that I live next to the Reo Purgyil. 11 September 2022
Swimmer clouds. 9 September 2022
Suddenly remembering a beautiful or intelligent thought 7 September 2022
For the sunlight I stay. 5 September 2022
Cold on the mountain side. 3 September 2022
I want to live carelessly 1 September 2022
Two delicious selfies. 31 August 2022
Two secrets of a dark night. 29 August 2022
Too bad you’re too intelligent. 27 August 2022
Unintended consequences. 25 August 2022
I put my dark glasses on. 23 August 2022
What does not kill me makes me stronger. 21 August 2022
The Kinnaur Kailash at twilight. 19 August 2022
Happy trucks. 17 August 2022
I give impractical and bold advice. 15 August 2022
Tarkovsky’s Stalker playing in my pocket, in my head. 13 August 2022
Young tree sways. 11 August 2022
In the Norah Jones mood of love. 9 August 2022
With greater freedom of the self 7 August 2022
Delicious mountains. 5 August 2022
How to express gratitude to the Himalaya. 3 August 2022
Because of words. 1 August 2022
Two great miracles of life. 31 July 2022
Three mango pickers. 29 July 2022
Demands of little flower plants. 27 July 2022
Time on the rooftop of a haveli. 25 July 2022
The Ghibli bus at night. 23 July 2022
Birds of the Ana Sagar lake. 21 July 2022
Kali in the dog’s mouth. 19 July 2022
Goals for the next two years. 17 July 2022
Bleeding mountains. 15 July 2022
Desperado. 13 July 2022
Excessive individualism is ruinous. 11 July 2022
Hello, Tso Moriri. 9 July 2022
God’s plan. 7 July 2022
Walking with a firefly on my balcony. 5 July 2022
A dog, a snow leopard, and you. 3 July 2022
Do not read this blog. 1 July 2022
I need a kiss. 30 June 2022
How long does it take to fall in love? 29 June 2022
Yellow and red glows of loneliness. 28 June 2022
Some ants and I feasted on cucumbers. 25 June 2022
Let’s not be friends. 22 June 2022
The colours of Matisse. 20 June 2022
I see everything. 18 June 2022
A firefly goes for a night drive on the rough mountain roads. 17 June 2022
On witnessing a simple death. 16 June 2022
Zakir Hussain's music of monsoon. 15 June 2022
Born on 13 June. 13 June 2022
I hope no one will get offended. 11 June 2022
I feared getting bored of the Himalaya. 10 June 2022
Interpreting the sudden sight of a shadow. 9 June 2022
I can’t wait to plunge my head into the snow. 8 June 2022
I want power. 4 June 2022
A message from the Beas. 30 April 2022
Infected by the tech virus. 29 April 2022
Hello, little black ant. 26 April 2022
A landscape for you. 20 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ The night after. 17 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ Full moon love & love. 16 April 2022
Full moon in the Himalaya ⋮ The night before. 15 April 2022
Doing nothing is my favourite thing 12 April 2022
I procrastinate. 9 April 2022
Mangoes detour through heart 7 April 2022
I miss the cotton candy days. 5 April 2022
I deeply regret living in cities 4 April 2022
Time on my tongue. 3 April 2022
Spilled water in a blue city. 31 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ A gust of wind. 30 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ A little honey bee. 26 March 2022
Small messages of spring ⋮ Cherry stars. 25 March 2022
I need to get the hell out of my bed. 22 March 2022
The fruit of the night. 17 March 2022
Spring is here. 16 March 2022
A crow and a kite. 15 March 2022
Half moon, half river. 11 March 2022
An argumentative Indian. 10 March 2022
A mountain selfie. 8 March 2022
This blog is taking over my life. 5 March 2022
How to catch the moonlight 4 March 2022
I can’t believe I wrote the last post. 3 March 2022
Firefly on a starry night. 1 March 2022
Two seconds five years ago. 27 February 2022
Birds of prey. 17 February 2022
What would you do if you were given five rupees? 16 February 2022
One-sided love waiting for the other. 14 February 2022
It’s Frank Herbert again. 12 February 2022
Learning to talk. 11 February 2022
A home in the Himalaya. 10 February 2022
I used to be who I was not. 8 February 2022
A red sari in the sun. 7 February 2022
The empty glass of water 6 February 2022
Footprints in the snow. 5 February 2022
When I hesitate. 4 February 2022
Where do clouds learn this? 3 February 2022
Dreaming of getting bored to tears 2 February 2022
About 97% of sadness in my life 1 February 2022
I miss the last century 31 January 2022
How to look when it is starting to snow. 30 January 2022
I bring Death into this world. 28 January 2022
Frank Herbert on the one who terrifies. 24 January 2022
Kiangs of Ladakh. 22 January 2022
Cringe over small imperfections 19 January 2022
Some like me like poetry. 18 January 2022
Black dogs of a blue city. 17 January 2022
The sun lives in my left eye 16 January 2022
What goes around comes around. 15 January 2022
For the love of kite-flying. 14 January 2022
Picking up laundry in the Himalaya. 13 January 2022
Flowers for a friend. 12 January 2022
As much as Vermeer. 11 January 2022
Punishment for cutting down trees 10 January 2022
A fatal blue kiss. 9 January 2022
Moonlight/headlights. 7 January 2022
June, June, June. 6 January 2022
Opening a desert memory in the Himalaya. 5 January 2022
Punishment for artificial flowers and plants 3 January 2022
It’s twenty twenty-two. 1 January 2022
Gajar ka halwa. 29 December 2021
To memorise and be possessed by Satyajit Ray’s music. 28 December 2021
Agha Shahid Ali on vanished love. 27 December 2021
Kahlo on how to live. 26 December 2021
Snow on the moon. 20 December 2021
Selfie. 15 December 2021
Slurping gravity. 12 December 2021
A thought arrives and disappears. 11 December 2021
Pink bougainvillea. 10 December 2021
Earth’s moon from outside the earth. 9 December 2021
Franz Kafka. 8 December 2021
I belong to the Himalaya. 7 December 2021
First snow, Vashisht. 6 December 2021
Dreams of migration. 5 December 2021
The art of long silky threads. 3 December 2021
Walking, walking, walking. 2 December 2021
In praise of terrible first impressions. 30 November 2021
The left river. 29 November 2021
Chilled people from space. 28 November 2021
Dhauladhar overshadowing Dharamshala. 27 November 2021
Serebriakova. 26 November 2021
An extinct memory. 25 November 2021
On cancel culture. 24 November 2021
Frank Herbert on how to not live. 23 November 2021
A monsoon memory from 2017. 22 November 2021
How to live through a pandemic or an inferno. 21 November 2021
How to live. 20 November 2021
Vincent. 19 November 2021
Frank Herbert on greatness. 18 November 2021
Wilderness. 17 November 2021
On the Himalaya. 16 November 2021
Crowding shadows. 15 November 2021
In the mood for. 14 November 2021
Frank Herbert on truth. 13 November 2021
Insomnia (2/2) 12 November 2021
Insomnia (1/2) 11 November 2021
Coincidences. 10 November 2021
Jodhpur blue. 9 November 2021
The magnificent blue lake. 7 November 2021
The blue towel. 6 November 2021
Moonlit snow leopard. 5 November 2021
Whatever. 4 November 2021
Miguel de Cervantes on life. 11 August 2021
On love. 12 April 2021
Snow envy. 12 January 2021