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September 19, 2014

How to 'Travel like a Traveler'

The virtual world is full of inspiring ideas to travel, and people are busy tagging themselves as 'Travelers'. Even though it sounds as fancy as it can, are you really traveling like a Traveler?

June 6, 2014

10 Essential TRAVEL WORDS for 2014…!!!

Do you believe that you are a true Traveler? Well, if you already are or you are planning onto becoming one – here is a..

I made a career switch in my 30s. Turned out to be the best decision of my life.

But first, let me start from exactly where I left. I quit my job at 31 to take a break without a plan B? - But that was back in 2019 - SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Fast Forward to today: I am currently a UX Manager and Design Lead in a tech+design agency in Toronto, and it took me a while to find this career that I have really started to enjoy. It did not happen by chance, and I didn’t just fall into it. In fact, I chose it.

Deconstructing the Ravana Effigy Making Craft of Tatarpur, Delhi and meeting the Ravanwalas

A line of effigies shaped in bamboo in the form of humongous heads, giant mustaches, and fearsome eyes, lie around on an open road. Some are ready to be painted, some are getting their finishing touches, while others are all decked up to be assembled. Besides the heads are huge structures of limbs and torsos that range from a few feet to about three or four storeys high. These effigy parts lying around are of the mythical demon king of Lanka, ‘Ravana’ in Hindu mythology. And the place we are describing is popularly known as the “Lanka of Delhi'', ‘Tatarpur’.

Inside the Amazon’s Spheres: A link between nature and the human workspace

In the center of the Amazon office towers in Seattle, three connected glass-domes have become one of a kind structures in the world, used as office space for most of Amazon’s Seattle-based employees. It is without a doubt, an architectural marvel of our times and a botanical conservatory - built on the foundations of extensive research and innovation. The Spheres are a fully functioning, self-contained ecosystem - a greenhouse with more than 40,000 different varieties of plants collected and curated from universities and botanical gardens all over the world.

A Day trip to Mysore: City Guide

Nestled in the heart of the southwestern state of Karnataka, at the foothills of the Chamundi Hills, India's City of Palaces sits quietly. Mysore, or Mysuru, is one of India's most beautiful and culturally rich cities with a whiff of history wherever one turns to. One of the best ways to plan a trip to Mysore is to make a round trip from Bangalore. At a distance of 140 km from Bangalore, a road trip would be ideal for making certain stops and visiting the most important and beautiful places that this place has to offer. If we had to make an itinerary for a day, we recommend 4 must-see places that everyone should visit.