I love this time of the year in the mountains (truth be told, I love any time of the year in the mountains…but I’m getting carried away). These few days just before the snow, evoke in me an unprecedented gratitude for the abundance—of bright sunlight on real cold days…of the spectacular sparkle of a star-studded night sky…of fallen branches and pine cones deep in the woods, beckoning to be picked up for winter stocking…of the […]
Her motions were fluid…evidently, practised a countless number of times, possibly since the past 6 decades or more. The collected wood, tied up in a neat inverted conical bundle…placed at a natural ledge just higher than the road. She came down to the road…deployed herself under the ‘package’ and in a single sure swing, heaved the heavy load onto her shoulders. Her seemingly weak frame of almost 70 years nearly bent into double…with a weight […]
The Wait… Sometimes, we wait. For that one moment– an event– a thing– a person. It’s understandable and arguably worth it, at times like these, to push the ‘pause’ button on everything else. The problem is, ‘everything’ doesn’t pause. Our lives, each moment of them tick regardless. It’s like being in a National Reserve Park and think, breathe or soak nothing other than a hope to see the tiger. Isn’t it sad to see a […]
These last few days have been a little busy, what with the shopping for Diwali and the consequent drives up and down to the various markets. They’ve also been rife with a hint of trepidation. Here’s why. I love festivals. Especially Diwali. The warmth, it infuses…the feeling of goodness it comes along with, is unmatched. The very idea of lighting up a ‘diya’ and then sustaining it till late is somehow, romantic. And I do […]
Khanabadosh, began hosting its worthy guests in the beginning of 2017. It took a good four months before that to get it to the present state. It’s been a labour of love, just as it continues to be. In the course of those four months and till date, I’ve experienced a beautiful, wait— a consistently beautiful phenomenon. This post is about that. So as I moved stuff, into the property…one of the first ‘things’ to […]