Figuring Things Out

Raghu Rai, a famous Indian photographer, passed away this week (26/04/2026). Having grown up seeing his amazing photographs in newspapers an...

  Last week on X, I came across a site that took me down the memory lane. The link to  Felt Map Archive site  came from @tejamalladi and the...

Distance running is a fun way to learn Anatomy, and Latin :) A part of the fun is of course taken away by the fact that these lessons come p...

  Each civilisation had a different way of looking at the stars. They found different patterns and linked them to a wide range of traditions...

George Orwell's book, "Burmese Days" is centred on a fictional town called Kyauktada 'in Upper Burma'. It is the stor...

  The last time I visited Bhopal was during my JICA days, in the early 2000s. My projects were far fron the city, in Sagar, Damoh and Tikamg...

This is a note to myself. As the years go by, and as details of our numerous treks in the Himalayas start to get mixed up, I find it necessa...