Lemon Tree

1st August 2011 A loop around amchi Mumbai, started early morning from Ghatkopar Garodia nagar with Pushpa Ji, my coach and friend who gave me not only physical but mental training too on strength and endurance. She had more confidence in me than me myself. It was for her I could participate and complete the YHAI cycling expedition to Khardung la, 18K ft, supposedly one of the highest motorable roads of the world. Cycling for 17 days 600 km from Kullu to Khardungla top and securing an entry in the Limca Book of World Records.  This was my training ride before embarking on our expedition which started on 14th August 2011. Ghatkopar-Eastern express highway - Thane - Ghodbandar-Borivali National Park - Kanheri Caves- JVLR-Powai -Vikroli -Ghatkopar It's monsoon in Mumbai, I remember being wet by the time we hit the eastern express highway (15 mins), it was a series of drying up and getting wet again. We had packed food (paranthas), around Thane I bought Anaar(pomogranates) from a roads...

Yes , it's just 1 menstrual cup against the hundreds of tampons/pads one would need! Growing up in a small Indian town my mother gave us the privilege of using pads but they were pricey and at times we would swap with home made cloth pads but they can leak and were messy to clean. It was still always embarrassing keeping and carrying the giant pads in public places, the shops would sell them by wrapping in a newspaper and then keeping in a opaque bag. There were other challenges of pads slipping from position, you needed tight fitting underwear, can have rashes and a foul smell too. Running a medical store myself at the age of 15 I learned about the tampons because one posh auntie requested for them. In 1996 they were costly and I dared not use anything which I had to insert in my body...nobody promoted them then and the associated benefits. All we got was sanitary pad samples at school. I remember bunking swimming when mensurating and running my 1st few marathons wearing a san...

Something I wanted to do for a long time, note down the books I have read. Each book I end up reading and actually completing impacts me in a big way.  As many would I feel I'm a part of the story...it becomes my story and hence it shakes me up too. The few books I could remember which impacted me Jonathan Livingston seagull by Richard Bach The alchemist, by Paulo cohelo The zahir, by Paulo cohelo The Aleph by Paulo cohelo Brida by Paulo cohelo 11 mins by Paulo cohelo The fifth mountain by Paulo cohelo The Valkyres by Paulo cohelo By the River Piedra, I sat and wept   by Paulo cohelo Scarlett ( A sequel to Gone with the wind) by Alexandra Ripley The Sphere by Michael Crichton Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Biraaj Bahu by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay Madhushala by Harivansh Rai Bacchan Gitanjali by Rabindra Nath Tagore Atlas Shrugged by Ayan Ryan Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling The Book Thief By Markus Zusak Half the Sky by Nicholas Christoff and Cheryl Wudunn How t...

I wish I had better writing skills, I would write poems about how you make me feel... I would write about how much I desire you... I would have written sonnets which would talk about the power which love beholds, how when I had forgotten all about it, love transformed me into a young damsel blushing, fumbling for words when suddenly she realises it is all true...there exists her imaginary knight in shining armour who is eager to fight all battles, cross all valleys, climb the forbidden mountains to be with her.Who wishes to see deep inside her insecurities and the love she nurtures. I would write proses about how love is the mightiest,  how it has the power to heal,  to forgive and to love all over again. I would write about how I felt numbed, dazed after your 1st peck on my cheek just before I departed on the south-west train my heart skipped God knows how many beats. I would write about how relieved I was after I 1st spoke to you. I would write abo...

Swam the width(back and forth) of River Thames (Runneymede)  - 08/07/2017 Everytime I'm by the river I am not certain if I can swim or enter it, but I so wanted to last year a s.african work college a pro in open water swimming motivated me and Aadya and we splashed in the river thames at laleham, but I would have hardly swam 10-15 mtrs, just seeing a green leafy, fishy, muddy bottomless river scared the s**t out of me. It has been a hot british summer this year earlier this morning during my run with Aadya we checked the river water and it felt a good temperature to be in, later we packed our bags in our costumes drove to the runnymede park as it has parking, toilets and a coffee shop for mummy :-) ..many ... kids and dogs were splashing in the river, we did too. Saw lots of fishes, dragon flies and lots more fishes..boats passing by but i was not sure about swimming, did try a bit but we just kept on playing splashing each other. Then a tattooed gentleman came in the water h...

Have been thinking of writing for along time...but yes i do enjoy dream sequences specially the early mornings one..which keep you back in bed..and snuggle a little more ...had been doing that quite a lot and actually want to get out of it and putting those dreams or thoughts to action...someone wise said that early morning dreams come true but then i do would need to earn it..or rather shorten its journey towards me by doing my bit and walking half way... Life as i always say has been a roller coaster ride for me...it has adventure, fun, gloom, love, spice, melodrama, sorrow, revelations...so instead of fighting back and being a stubborn child i've started to accept more than to run away...but i cannot avoid questioning at times... I 'm kindoff coming out of the filmy set of only good would happen...yes have studied it since childhood but to accept in reality is difficult to digest.. You feel once you have climbed a mountain thats it...but it isn't true...you would get ...