The year 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride for all of us. The coronavirus pandemic .a.k.a. COVID-19 situation has forced us to transform our lifestyle in a big way. Festivities are an important part of us as Indians. However, given the circumstances, we need to adapt until the vaccines are out in the market. Well, the Navratri festival is already here, but considering the situation, we need to look for ways of celebrating Navratri at home.
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Want to know more about the 1832 Bombay riots? If you are living in Mumbai it is likely that you must have come across a few Parsis or Iranis that live in their own world. Most people think of Parsis and Iranis as this sweet, friendly and peace-loving individual that prefer to mind their own business. However, you might not know that in 1832, Parsis and Iranis led the Bombay Dog Riots, the first-ever rioting event in Mumbai (formerly Bombay).
Trains have always been a part of my travel. Hence, I love to write about trains and how they impact the life of travellers and commuters in India. I have written previously on different train-related topics like heritage and luxury trains, mountain railways, the Mumbai’s suburban railway and many more. However, taking inspiration from one of my fellow bloggers Dan Antion who writes at No Facilities this is my take on Hyperloop vs Bullet Train in India.
I’m sure many people know about Diwali globally. If you are the ones who don’t, let me tell you Diwali is the grandest festival of India. It is the festival of lights signifying the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over bad and hope over despair. So, people light up their homes with lanterns, oil lamps, and all those LED bulbs. There are various religious and mythological stories associated with Diwali which you’ll find online. I will be focusing on Diwali now and then.
Apart from being passionate about travel, I love shopping. Not many of my friends think of me as a shopaholic, but believe me, if I was a billionaire, I would have had a shopping mall of my own. I love shopping anywhere, in the mall and on the streets. Mumbai’s Colaba area is one of the places where I used to hang out with my friends and now with Sarah.
While I certainly love to be a part of the Cherished Blogfest, the biggest challenge for me is to pick that one particular thing that I cherish the most. Most people divide history into B.C. and A.D., for me on a personal level my life history is divided into W.P (With Parents) and A.P. (After Parents). For me, life before 1994-95 was completely different and then everything changed drastically when my parents passed away. I’m not trying to gain an emotional mileage here, but gradually you’ll see my point. I completely understand that all people have to go through this life cycle, so let me quickly jump out of this on to the actual topic.
Life is a struggle and no matter where we are, whatever we become, no matter the amount of money we accumulate, we still have to go through the ups and downs that life mockingly throws at us. The journey of life is always filled with adventures, sorrows and happiness – it’s a complete package, you can’t escape it. Some emerge victoriously, some drown in the abyss of depression and death, the choice is completely ours to make.
I have been writing so much about India travel for the past couple of years that I often find challenging to introduce new ways to keep the audience engaged with something fresh and new. This post is a part of the challenge by Mary J. Melange one of my blogging buddies and while last month when I was writing on Indian Railways, she came up with a concept on writing on two-wheelers, anything from Harley bikes to bicycles. While I certainly admit that boys and men in India do love Harley Davidson bikes, but not everyone can afford it and therefore you don’t see much of those on the streets. Mary is also known as the Biker Chick and her love for the bike runs as deep as mine for the Indian Railways.
History was my least favorite subject in school. Why? because I was tired of the same content that was in the syllabus year after year. I was tired of reading about the same old Indian national movement and independence of India from the British.
However, later on when I was in college, I realized that history is not that bad and that there’s so much that we can learn from the events of the past and most importantly there are more stories waiting for you in the history books.
Recently, when I was watching Bajirao Mastani, a Hindi movie that focuses on the life of Peshwa Bajirao a.k.a Bajirao One, this concept struck my mind because although the movie does cover his life and his journey, it highlights more about his emotional turmoil and less about his achievements.
I’m not sure how interesting I can make this post, but I’m going to present you history in an interesting way, so that you never get bored half-way through.
Also, this series is a bit different from my regular travel post, but I will highlight places and destinations that are relevant to the warriors, after all what are warriors without kingdoms.
NOTE: This is not my regular travel post. This post is for the ‘Cherished Blogfest’.
Life today is fast and hectic, no matter wherever we are. We want to do multiple things at the same time, earn more money, and achieve more fame and so on. Basically, there is no end to our greed. The more we have, the more we want, and we want more because we want more happiness.
However, if we slow down our life a little bit, we begin to find moments and things that give us true happiness – moments that we cherish, things that we hold dearly. Happiness is hidden somewhere inside us, not outside. Probably, we don’t really think of it at present because we are too busy in this weird fast life of ours, but these things that bring us happiness are lying around somewhere in our closet, our basement, our garage and most important of all – in deep crevices of our heart.