My Yatra Diary...

Arti March 21, 2013

Some 15 years ago, as a small kid I saw my grandfather start a change. Moved by the plight of the heat stressed and water starved people of our native village, in the desert state of Rajasthan, he installed a water cooler from his pension money and hard earned savings. Closer, in the balcony of our home, he always kept a plate filled with water for the thirsty bi…

Sayonara, Japan: A final postcard

Arti March 15, 2013

It’s been long... al most 1 year since I came back from Japan and close to 7 months since I started blogging all about it . Today, 40 posts later, as I finally get down to drawing the curtains on this virtual journey of ours... there is a feeling of conten t and happiness but at the same time, there is also a strange feeling of parting that is hard to ignore. …

My Mount Fuji Moment in Japan

Arti March 07, 2013

I loved Japan. But did Japan love me too? In the 6 days that went by, Japan floored me. Completely. With it’s beauty, it’s artistry, its originality and it’s way of doing up things. And now the time had come to return back to my country, India . The landscape outs ide had been consistent for a wh ile with a thick fog of cloud cover underneath - white was all…

To all my Nara friends ~ With love

Arti March 01, 2013

Nara in Japan was a different trip. It was a different world, a small place – with a lot to see and even more to feel . It was about people, people who taught me how to be generous and trusting of strangers. They shared their breads, laughters, joys and stories with us. They allowed us to sleep on their beds while they slept on tatami mats on the floor. They…