FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 14 : THE MONO-MYTH
…….CONTINUED And it was relatively very clean too. Now the excitement is building. 24 hours ago, I was stuck in a Bandh with no options to even move a…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 13 : SQUAD GOALS
………CONTINUED At this point, the bag is weighing me down, but I feel we are getting closer. There are cabbies asking us if we want a drop to the…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 12 : JEHANGIR’S VERSE
CONTINUED……. The roads were slush, the winter was coming to an end and the melting snow made the walk very treacherous. Luckily, I took my good old Quechua…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 11 : LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
…..CONTINUED Long walk to freedom Waking up in the morning has never been my forte. Sometimes I need a spike of oxytocin to be released…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 10 : BISMILLAHI RAHMANI RAHIM
…..CONTINUED بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم …
FINIDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 9 : INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORY
……CONTINUED INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORY I doze off on the leg of Shuhail. I wake up at one point and we were going through a tunnel. It…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 8 : SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE TOUCH
SOMETIMES ALL IT TAKES IS A LITTLE TOUCH Wow, that went on a tangent. Let’s get back. I awkwardly make my way down the bus. Nodding and…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 7 : THE ELEPHANT IN THE BUS
….CONTINUED I wouldn’t say this after visiting Kashmir cause I know it is not true, but these people were the images that come to your mind when you…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 6 : TRAIN SPOTTING
……CONTINUED You could see the fear in their eyes. But at this point, I still didn’t ask them anything. I trusted their judgement and we waited for the…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 5 : INTO THE HORNET’S NEST
…….continued INTO THE HORNETS NEST Weirdly, I wake up to the cold Punjabi morning and feel very positive. Like I am getting this warm…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 4 : FULL DISCLOSURE
….continued Full disclosure I hadn’t told my parents I was going to Kashmir (Remember rule 15 from 15 life lessons from cycling uphill). I did say…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 3 : SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN
Continued…. The long sleep I pack up my stuff, borrowing things I don’t have from my mates. Went around to get munchies for the Kashmiri mates…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 2 : ONE LAST FAVOUR FROM DECATHLON
….CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS EPISODE Money? I had quit decathlon in late November to focus on my Russian classes. So now, I am pretty much perpetually broke and…
FINDING THE REAL KASHMIR EP 1 : INCEPTION
In sha Allah. First time I really gave some thought to this was when I was on a train from Thrissur to Ernakulam. A gentlemen to my left was calling his…