CYCLING IN GOA – FROM SANGOLDA TO CHORAO ISLAND
Recently I traveled to Goa for an annual sales conference with my company. This was the first physical meet for all the employees after a gap of two and a half years.
5 WAYS COMPANIES CAN ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO CYCLE TO WORK
This is my Pre-pandemic photo – when everything was normal, offices were open and I used to cycle to work every Friday. I felt no shame in pedaling in formals, leather shoes and a backpack. The lack of shower facilities at my office did not affect my plan.
CANTAL BAKKER IS EMPOWERING MOROCCON YOUTH WITH PIKALA BIKES
‘Pikala’ means a bicycle in Moroccon dialect, while ‘Pikala Bikes’ is a social enterprise founded by a Dutch national Cantal Bakker.
CYCLING IN AMSTERDAM ON KINGS DAY
It is impressive to know that the world’s biggest outdoor birthday party is held on the ‘Kings Day’ in the Netherlands. Kings Day marks the birthday of the King Willem-Alexander and observed as a national holiday on the 27th April. Celebrations include concerts and special events in public spaces, particularly in Amsterdam. The festivities are organized by local associations called […]
THIRSTY FOUNTAINS IN THE CITY
During my trip to Paris in 2017, the tour guide in our bus while giving instructions appraised us about the free drinking water facility available in the city. It turned out to be useful information for our group as we went about exploring the places largely on foot and public transport and in between refilled empty bottles from the taps […]
IF STATUES COULD SPEAK?
In this busy world, one hardly stops by around a statue. If so, the reason could be a passive need – to click a photograph, draw a sketch, meeting point, the visitor is an historian or someone from the maintenance department.
AN EVENING IN BANDRA FORT
My search for a title for this blog ended when I was listening to music and came across a classic Hindi film ‘An Evening in Paris’. Not that this movie was filmed at the Bandra Fort in Mumbai, but it somehow resonates well with the place, because a host of actors from the film fraternity have graced this historic site.
SELFISH MEN AND WOMEN AT THE FISH MARKET
“Is this a fish market? please maintain pin-drop silence”. A familiar quote used by our teachers. “Madam I was there at the fish market today, if you are reading this. However, I couldn’t maintain any silence because the market by itself was bustling with energy”.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING IN BANDRA
Yesterday, I discarded the 2020 calendar. This year is like a bad dream, and like most of you even I want to forget about it. In Maharashtra, we had one more twist with another round of night curfew announced by the Chief Minister. Apparently, this is a preventive measure to regulate unwanted movement of people and gatherings at public places. […]
RIDE TO SIX PLACES TRENDING IN MEDIA
On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Indian media went berserk. The news was about the death of a young Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. An army of Journalist representing various news channels were reporting from the scene of tragedy. The non-stop, high decibel coverage with reporters screaming out of their lungs has been a pounding on the audience eardrums. In four […]
