Tag: india

  • Mumbai: A City of Extremes

    Mumbai is a city of extremes. On one hand it feels very cosmopolitan with wide highways that lead into the city set on a tropical coast. It’s hip, trendy and modern. It has the best nightlife scene (excluding Goa) and arguably the best food scene with both extensive amounts of street food as well as…

  • Rishikesh: Naturally Spiritual

    It was already dark as we gathered next to the fire. Sitting on the ground, it was us with about 25 other foreigners who were mostly middle-aged women dressed in white drapey clothes and the ashram’s guru. One of older women sat with the microphone, while some sat with small drums or tambourines. “Okay, so…

  • Delhi: Order in Chaos

    I have to admit I was a bit worried to visit Delhi. Rape capital, rude people, dirty streets, nothing I had heard from friends who visited before was very compelling. Googling made things worse and led me down a rabbit hole of acid attack articles and sexual harassment stories. Everyone, including some friends from Delhi…