South India Places, Food, Culture, Lifestyle & All Offbeat Things

My Kerala travel memories

Kerala is truly a gorgeous state and it gets more beautiful with the monsoon rains. Aptly known as ‘God’s Own […]

October 26, 2025

Ashram Travel! In recent years, travel seems to have become a competition. With the emergence of the lusty tribe called […]

October 26, 2025

I discovered Kalaripayattu in Kumily in Kerala. The small spice trading town, surrounded by tea gardens, seemed like the perfect […]

October 23, 2025

This southern holy city is regionally famous for its lip-smacking dishes. In fact, Madurai food is so well-known that it […]

August 15, 2022

My Madurai travel memories have not all been so unpleasant. Although my previous post suggests that, I have been awestruck […]

August 14, 2022

In German, there’s a saying, ‘Das klingt mir gut/nicht gut’. Loosely translated, it means, ‘something suits me/doesn’t suit me’. Madurai […]

August 12, 2022

Divya R Chandrashekar and I have held mutual respect for each other‘s creative work for quite some time now. That […]

April 19, 2022

This charming southern coastal town is famous for its friendly residents, great food, beautiful backwaters, and a general sense of […]

April 12, 2022

This article was originally published in the TrueJetter Issue of September-October 2017 as the Cherry Blossoms of Kodaikanal. Here I […]

January 17, 2020

I woke up to the aroma of filter coffee wonderfully brewing in the kitchen. A proper south Indian breakfast was […]

July 2, 2019