Hello Reader, I hope you’ve had a calm start to the week.How are you feeling today? Today, I want to talk about stories that only appear when I walk. Some stories don’t live in books or buildings.They live in movement. They exist in transitions.In what ways do one place connect to another? I encounter these stories only when I walk slowly.When I notice a sequence.What comes before.What follows. Walking also shows me absence.What is missing?What was removed? These stories are not neat.That is...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I hope your week has started gently.How are things with you? Today, I want to share the first thing I notice when I arrive in a new place. It’s not landmarks.It’s not food. I watch how people move. How fast they walk.Where they pause.Who owns the space without saying so? This tells me more than guidebooks ever can.It speaks to power, comfort, and rhythm. Once I understand movement, everything else makes sense.Noise.Silence.Boundaries. This habit helps me settle faster in...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I hope you’re doing well today.How has your week been so far? Today, I want to share how I see the difference between touring and understanding. I’ve done tours.I still do them sometimes. But I no longer confuse touring with learning. Touring moves fast.Understanding waits. A tour tells you what matters.Walking makes you question why it matters. Some of the most important things I’ve learnt came from standing still.From watching people move.From noticing what was not mentioned....
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Dear Reader, I hope you had a good weekend.How are you feeling today? Today, I want to talk about something I stopped doing while travelling.I stopped over-planning. I still research.But I no longer plan every hour. Earlier, I wanted efficiency.Now, I want a margin. Margin is what lets you say yes to an unexpected detour.Or sit longer at a place that feels right.Or leave early when something feels off. Some of my best travel memories came from unplanned gaps.Not from perfect itineraries. Now,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I hope you had a decent weekend.How are you settling into the week? Today, I want to talk about the moment walking stopped being casual for me. At some point, my walking changed.I didn’t plan it. I slowed down.I stopped chasing highlights.I started paying attention. Walking with intention changed how I observe.I paused more.I listened longer. It was uncomfortable at first.Intentional walking exposes how little you actually know. But that discomfort taught me patience.And...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader Hope you had a fantastic weekend. I was away last week on my first trek of the year. It was to a beautiful tiger reserve called Pench Tiger Reserve in the Madhya Pradesh state of India. And I want to begin with honesty. I underestimated this trek. On paper, it looks straightforward. Around 20 kilometres over 2.5 days, mostly flat terrain, and done in the buffer zone. I assumed it would be a gentle forest walk. What I experienced instead was one of the most meaningful wildlife...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, I hope you had a fantastic weekend.Today, I want to share how I decide whether a place is worth my time before I go. I don’t look at lists anymore.I look at patterns. I check how people move in the place.Where they slow down.Where they gather without being told to. If everything looks curated, I become cautious.If daily life is visible, I pay attention. I also ask one simple question.What would I do here if I weren’t sightseeing? If I can imagine a normal day in that place, it...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I hope your week has started gently.How are things with you? Today, I want to share why walking has taught me more than reading ever could. I read a lot, mostly on my mobile and laptop.But reading alone has never helped me understand a place entirely. Books give me facts.Walking gives me relationships. When I walk, I see how spaces connect.Who uses them?Who avoids them? A book can tell me history.Walking shows me what still exists. I have often changed my opinion about places...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader I hope you’re doing well today.How are you feeling as the year settles in? Today, I want to talk about resolutions.And my slightly complicated relationship with them. Until last year, I always made a list.Every year.Things I wanted to do. Things I wanted to achieve. I never completed the list fully.But I did manage to tick off a few things every single year. This year feels different. I’ve been a bit cold towards resolutions.I don’t know why exactly.Perhaps because the end of the...
4 months ago • 1 min read