Bagdogra to Darjeeling

Bagdogra airport reminded me of Udaipur about 15 years ago. It felt a bit like coming home to the past. My bag was first out on the belt, and I sauntered out to find Bikramji waiting for me. As I had requested, he had brought his open top jeep rather than a closed car. And…

A new journey…

"Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains." - Jonathan Rasley A few years ago, in my first year at Teach for India, I asked a dear friend and mentor, Rupert, where I should intern for that summer. He looked at me with his familiar piercing gaze and said something that has been etched…

Needier than I thought…

I have less than 48 hours left in Mumbai. Work is done. Bags are packed (pretty much). Flatmates have left. The end is here. But what of the journey here? I'm leaving feeling a rather confusion concoction of emotions. But I have realised one thing. That knowing something, feeling something and living that same something are…

Approaching the end

“Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?” Leo Tolstoy "Whereof we cannot speak, we must remain silent." Ludwig Wittgenstein The End has come. In many ways I cannot believe how long it has taken, and yet in others, it has come so soon. Such is life I suppose- the days have…

A Fragile Facade

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” J M Barrie It's 00:32, and I'm starting to settle down for the night. And my phone buzzes. And I see that it is Aman. One of my most mischievous and outgoing students. I couldn't resist. I…