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Paragliding And Paramotoring In UAE

We were enjoying the pleasant weather, driving along the Corniche road in Abu Dhabi on March 23rd night at 9.30 p.m oblivious to the fact that...

Slice of life

April 9th 2003- 6.45 pm Allah-u-Akbar??????. Dusk, A sleepy old muezzin called the faithful to prayer in his baritone. As the azaan from...

A Typical Morning At Das

There, the inevitable always has to happen and so it does as the incessantly strident alarm rouses me rather rudely from deep slumber. I...

Washinton D.C. – An Illustrious Capital

Every Year, November 11 is observed as 'Veterans Day' here in the US. I thought this would be an apt day to share my...

Spread The Warmth This Christmas – Meet Gary Clegg & The Slanket

Gary and his invention? Dear Readers, The suspense is well and truly over! Early last week, I did a little run up - a fictional...

Bheemeshwari

Map: From Bangalore take Kanakapura - Kollegal Highway, turn left at Halagur down to Muttathi road. Distance: Approx 100 Kms from BangaloreRoad conditions: Better...

Strange Relations – Part 1

"Which way to go saar? To the left or to the right?" - asked the auto rickshaw driver as he negotiated through the crowded street...

Area that matters…

I was driving down the Sheikh Zayed Road, close to Shankar's office and suddenly remembered I needed to meet him. I called him up. "Shankar,...

Destination Europe

Desire for years, expectations of a few months, plan of a few weeks and preparation of just days ? that was how our Europe...

Chat-pata Prawns

It's time to resume, the season of shrimping and fishing. If in India monsoons held it up, in Bahrain, the resumption is after the...

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