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Peace

9 Reasons Why I Fell in Love With Japan!

Arti October 06, 2017

A couple of days back, JNTO ( Japan National Tourism Organisation ) came up with an exciting contest on FaceBook that made me sit up and take notice. The contest called How to be Japanese 101 under the campaign #JapanGyan had the following question prompt: How well do you know Japan? As I tapped the play button and started watching the video, I couldn…

Travel

Best of All, It’s in Hong Kong: My Best Family Experiences!

Arti April 25, 2017

I once spent some 6 hours lounging on the airport of Hong Kong as part of a layover during my connecting flight from Tokyo to Mumbai. That’s the closest I have been to coming in contact with this city. At that time, I remember how we, me and my dad, were eagerly thinking to explore this part of the world as well. We tried but, unfortunately, the budget went off sho…

Thames

Namaste London: 5 reasons why I want to visit London now!

Arti December 14, 2016

“You are now In London, that great sea, whose ebb and flow At once is deaf and loud, and on the shore Vomits its wrecks, and still howls on for more. Yet in its depth what treasures!” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley The capital city of England and the United Kingdom, London is one of the most exciting and fascinating cities to visit in the world for …

Winning

Of Contests, Creativity, and Fulfilling Dreams!

Arti March 11, 2016

Occasionally in life, there are those moments of unutterable fulfilment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart. ~ Martin Luther King Jr The other day, someone forwarded me this winning video of one of its kind global contest held by Lufthansa Pass…

Love

Fuelled By Love: The Other Side of Flying.

Arti March 02, 2016

My maiden voyage to the exotic country of Japan had been long, one half day stretching well into the night before finally landing early hours in the morning coupled with one stopover in between. I was too excited to sleep that night and woke up as early as around 4 AM the next morning. Peeping out of my aeroplane window through half sleepy eyes, I was amazed at t…

Nara Bloggers

Rediscovering 'Atithi Devo Bhava' In A Foreign Land

Arti October 22, 2014

Atithi Devo Bhavah [Atithi Devo Bhavaḥ] (Sanskrit: अतिथि देवो भवः; English: 'The guest is God' or 'Guest become God') ~ Taittiriya Upanishad, Shikshavalli I.20 ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’ my granddad would say - often. ‘Guest is God’. He saw to it that every visiting guest – impromptu or planned – was personally looked after and taken g…