What's home to a nomad, anyway?

I've been writing since my BITS Pilani days – rambling letters to amma and appa, sharing my observations, using the written form as a way to make sense of the world I got to see. About three decades of travel writing, trek diaries, and shorter pieces – from Egypt to Andalusia, the Annapurna to the Adriatic, Tijuana to Thekambattu. I'm now based in Amsterdam. Indian by origin, Dutch by random brownian motion.

"It seems I cannot call a city 'home' unless I walk home safe in the middle of the night."

From the travel archive

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  • September 29, 2009 nomadsiv travel India interlude

    Goa in the rains - Sep 2009

    "Goa in the rains" has been this concept in my mind and Ashok's for over a year. Finally made it this year, at the tail-end of the monsoon - 4 days at the end …

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  • June 27, 1998 nomadsiv travel USA phase

    Tijuana - June 1998

    an early start to the saturday... i spent a long while on the phone first thing in the morning. then had a leisurely bowl of cereal. i made my way to the san …

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