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.”
Impressions of Moorish Andalusia
An unhurried rail journey through layers of history 18th – 31st Dec, 2025 Moorish Andalusia had long been on my wish list, ever since I came across an itinerary in an adventure travel company’s brochure. I found the name so evocative that, for that reason alone, I wanted to go. Once there, the region’s distinctive...