Natural Instinct

This photograph taken by me on the way from Khoksar to Tandi has been printed as the cover of “Natural Instinct” - the coffee table book that is published annually by the BICE (Bikers for Integration and Conservation of Environment) group. Needless to say… I am extremely happy about it!
Previous year I joined BICE for [...]

Holiday Romance

Pangong Tso after Sundown
The first glimpse of Pangong Tso was as entrancing as a sudden realization of having fallen in love, deeply and blissfully.
“Oh my God! I am here!”
It felt like a precious dream that I wished would never end. However, this sweet dream was for real and what’s more it was just the beginning [...]

The Ride

Self portrait captured while cruising through Mori Plains, Ladakh
Bikes, mountains, and a drifter like me
Streams, clouds, and a molten soul
The chill of Leh was cozy and homey
Now I’ve fallen out of the dream,
Yet I managed to smuggle visions into the rocky reality
Challenge, speed, beauty and the precious silence
How I crave for yesterday’s gifts in [...]

223cc Wings

It was the fourth day of the journey and probably the longest day in terms of kilometers we traveled. After a comfortable night at Jispa we set forth for a journey of about 330kms to Leh. By the time we reached Darcha, me and Mohan were drowned in our mutual interest of songs. The only [...]

A Day in Kodaikanal

In Kodaikanal we were under the care of Mr. Vaithilingam…for all practical purposes. He is a friend’s friend’s friend and the manager of Hotel Hill Top Towers situated in the heart of Kodaikanal. The recommendation that had reached him through our chain-link of friends was more than enough for him to pour personal attention and [...]

The Minaret

Minaret of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India
In the blur of perplexing course of life, if you seek you’ll find a window of faith
The window is all yours, if only you make it your focus
In the sea of dried passions and harsh realizations, if you believe you’ll feel a ray of hope
The choice is yours, [...]

Emancipation

Sundown @ Juhu beach, Mumbai
The setting sun paints the landscape sublime and fills my heart with several hues of contentment. The kaleidoscopic reflections on water become reminiscent of colorful experiences that emerge in life like ceaselessly rising waves in the ocean. It takes sometime to get used to the ever-shifting sand underneath but after a [...]