Travel Express with Mastani Musafir

Hello!!!! Welcome!!!! Swagatam!!!! Khusamdeed!!!! were his (my Nizami friend) turn of phrases to introduce me to the City of Nizams when I came of the  Hyderabad airport. Travelling to Hyderabad was an official tour but I never miss an opportunity to indulge my pampering traveller’s self inaide me. The city’s storied cuisines had already had me on thrall while planning for the trip. As I made way through the city with the excitement of a place I had never been before, I realized that the city does not have a single tongue. Urdu, Hindi, Deccan Hindi, Telugu and few other languages spoken in Hyderabad spiced up the diversity that goes unnoticed. The City of Nizams is not confined to a blend of Hyderabad and Andhra culture but goes beyond that. Day 1 A few months back, the city was shocked with the brutal incident, “Priyanka Reddy’s rape and murder case”. Since I had felt the pain personally, I made a point to visit her place. Priyanka’s apartment wa...

  My Borderless Moorings at Wagah, in Flashback Nowhere So Precious The Golden touch you get in Amritsar When you bring office to home, the first few days are exciting. But as days pass by, you realise that life is not the same and the imaginary happy feelings of “Work From Home” fades away. Despite all these, I squeezed some time to go back to some abandoned blogs. It seemed I have not missed a single detail of the trip to Amritsar even as a year has gone by. As I went down the memory lane, all the sweet memories of the trip made me believe that it had just happened yesterday. The word “Amritsar” creates images of a religious, traditional and a cultural hub of the Sikh community. Officially, the name of Golden Temple is Harmandir Sahib. But since it is layered with shiny gold plate, it has got a tag of Golden Temple.   My purpose of travelling to Amritsar was slightly different. It was not religious alone, but as a journey into the city’...

Dear Me and You: Travel is the healthiest addiction…. Travel is to live….. Travel because it is one of the best teachers of yours….. Likewise I come across numbers of quotes and answers when I interact and come across jaunty and jolly folks having similar tastes. Travel means different things to different faces. You know what???? I travel because I consider travel as my perfect therapy. Over the years it has transformed me and has created a different version of ME For some, travel would be an adventure or an opportunity to visit friends and family.   For few, it may be considered as stepping out of comfort zones and embarking on a new journey.     For all the glees and wonders of traveling, there have been number of times I have ended up waking at the first flush of the morning muttering, “Why the hell did I book myself into this God-early flight?”               ...