Travel Express with Mastani Musafir

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?”               ...

When I visited Majnu Ka Teela in February this year, the little Tibetan enclave in Delhi left me with lot of questions than answers. My curiosity to know a little more about Buddhism and the Buddhist culture broke into multiple pieces of unpalatable impressions. The experience was far removed from what I had fondly envisioned. May be the incomplete experience was the pull that drew me to the Little Tibet in Mecleodganj, instead of my plans for Ladakh or Spiti Valley. Understanding the world view of the second generation of the Tibetan Diaspora engaged my thoughts. The trip happened in the first week of October. Where the entire country was engrossed in celebrating Durga Puja I was happily in the folds of the snow-clad mountains of Dharmshala. This was the 9 th trip of the year and I was at the striking distance of my resolution of completing 12 escapes even though I was reminded of the short time I had before the year ends. After I boarded the Garib Rath trai...