I recently revisited the iconic ICICI Bank Towers at BKC after nearly two decades. Walking through its sleek corridors brought back a flood of memories—from a time when the place buzzed with urgency and ambition. Back then, if you weren’t dashing from the South Tower to the North or navigating the maze of meeting rooms,Continue reading “Team Over Stars? A Banker’s Reflection”
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Desh badal raha hai – Alibaug
Alibaug, situated approximately 100-110 kilometres from Mumbai by road, has long been a favoured weekend getaway, along with Lonavala and Matheran. Initially, the journey from Mumbai to Alibaug took around 3-3:30 hours, with Kihim beach being a popular spot. As college students, our stay options usually involved crashing at a friend’s relative’s bungalow, with basicContinue reading “Desh badal raha hai – Alibaug”
Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai
Recently my parents joined a package tour covering Rameshwar-Chettinad- Madurai. They were all praise for the Rameshwaram temple, chettiar mansions at Chettinad and of course the Meenakshi Amman temple at Madurai. We too decided to explore this route on our own to be able to do it at our own pace. Rameshwar and Madurai areContinue reading “Off The Beaten Track – Travel blog – Rameshwar – Chettinad – Madurai“
Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- Statue of Unity Travel log
Celebrating the 75th independence day, I had quite a few exciting moments. On 15th Aug, one of my friends shared a reprint of the 15th Aug 1947 edition of Free Press journal. While going through the paper, I came across this very interesting advertisement from Tata Mills on the state of India’s per capita clothContinue reading “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav- Statue of Unity Travel log“
Unwinding in the garden city
Recently I got an opportunity to visit Bengaluru. This was the first time since the pandemic that I was visiting a city outside of Maharashtra. Besides being popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru is also known as the garden city. So far every time I visited the city, it would invariably beContinue reading “Unwinding in the garden city”
Hampi Travel Log
Hampi has been on our travel bucket list for some time. Since travel to Hampi requires quite a few logistical hoops, every time we started to think about planning the trip, it seemed to be getting pushed forward. This time around the stars fell into place and we managed to make it. This trip involvedContinue reading “Hampi Travel Log”
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