My eyes struggle to open in the cold breeze of the morning. It’s December the 19th and the year happens to be 2018. A recurring guilty pleasure song runs in my head, it’s been the cliché Instagram caption for many who turn the same age. “I don’t know about you,
As a part-time traveller, I believe there are situations in every traveller’s life – actually every single person’s life when you just can’t travel. No matter how hard you try, you can’t let go of the feeling that the universe has entrapped you in circumstances; where you just can’t
I was so stoked, when I found an unexpected mail, informing that I had been nominated for the Liebster Award! It was no less than a privilege to be coming from Debbie from Traveler Wows. She’s an amazing blogger and do check her out. What is The Liebster Award?
This one has been long overdue since I’ve been nominated for the Sunshine Blogger Award for a couple of months now. I’m thrilled to have been nominated by Marya from The Beautravel Blog and would like to thank her for the same. What is The Sunshine Blogger Award? So, The Sunshine Blogger
They say, “We know less about our Planet than we know about the Universe”. Often on Earth, places exist where nature works in bizarre ways; delivering us some of the most inexplicable mysteries. And even after years of studying them; some of the best minds, fail to make sense of
Entangled in my own thoughts, I gazed out of the car into the gloomy skies and the desolate valleys of Mizoram. Wandering from one thought to another, a memory of a fifth-grade lesson floods into my mind. The story revolved around a Mizo girl interested in Handloom. Her parents being
Legend has it that Kajir Ronghangpi, Daughter of Hok Ronghang was taken to and brought up in the Abode of Gods and Goddesses. On attaining divinity and being blessed with certain divine powers, Kajir Ronghangpi came down to Earth in search of her natural parents and brothers. Kajir Ronghanpi rebuilt
Brahmaputra flows calmly in the wee hours of the evening, the sun glistening in its waters. Fishing boats and ferries, all return to the bank, as the darkness tightens its hold around the evening skies, marking the end of work for the day. I couldn’t help but be humbled, as
I lay there on the rocky peak, my eyes still heavy in the chill morning winds of the hills, and my body refused to give away the warmth of the sleeping bag. After trekking up the hill last night, two hours barely made for enough sleep that day. As I
Namaste, Welcome to Inside Traveller’s Shoes! I’m Prerana, a brown-eyed girl from the vast land of many cultures – India. Just as much as I’m starstruck with the world and all the beauty it contains, I am proud of my own origins and love my country immensely. And I’m not here to tell you another story of how I quit my job to travel the world. Because frankly, I never had a “typical” one to begin with.
So, what would you normally find here, you ask? I suppose scribbles on life and experiences – as I gulp it one day at a time; things that make my soul flutter and everything that brings me happiness – a large part of which includes travel. For I do hope in some way, you’ll find your truth and yourself through it all. And it helps you “live your own extraordinary tale”.
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"Seas The Day"
I absolutely loved how this quote turned out.
This new start is something I`ve been needing lately. It took a long time to recover from the instability caused by the events of 2020 and finally, I feel like my life is slowly blooming, flourishing and bringing joy into my everyday.
Growing and changing with time and this helps me see my earlier pursuits with a different lens. I`ve almost recovered the motivation I used to see the world with and I`m embracing everything new to come and my comforting old rituals.
Till then, Let`s Keep Swimming 🎏
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La Promesa 💖
It has been quite a while that I have posted anything here but I want to say hi again! I set out this year with a resolve to be more consistent with my art. Clearly that hasn`t been the case.
But let me start with a story...
There are loves and there are the loves that get away from you.
For me the ones I call love has always been my art, and the innumerable forms it shapes itself into.
There were days when I`d been rejoicing, taking comfort in it`s warmth and making my abode surrounding it. And my feelings towards them haven`t even changed minutely.
And then you distance yourself from it for a day. You tell yourself that you`ll get back to your love right away. You bid a temporary goodbye. After all, it`s just a matter of 24 hours. Nothing to fret about. And they wait patiently.
The days turn into weeks, into months. You don`t know how the time went by. Life got you all caught up. You don`t even remember the last time you touched and engaged your instruments of affection.
The guilt. The pain. That feeling of haven`t been able to keep your promise eats you up. You wonder if you should go have a look. Sneak a peak at them.
But there`s a lingering fear that turns your skin cold. What if they left? What if they got tired of waiting? Would they still be around waiting for you? Questions. Questions. Questions.
But what if you never find out? You go back with your heart racing. With hope. Your heart is still afraid. But you open that door. And before you can process what you find, your eyes start to water.
In front of the fire, curled up in a blanket, there they are! Sitting timidly, they glance at you. With a meek whisper they say, we waited for you love. Where have you been? Won`t you share the story?
You run as fast as you could and hug them tight. "I`ve missed you", you say. I have been miserable without all of you and I lost my way.
Will you do me the honour of keeping me company again? Keeping me warm? I give you my word. Just this time hold onto your faith in me. 🐈
This photograph is from a slow afternoon when I journaled away on the banks of Ganga.
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I`m finally properly coming back to Bullet Journaling after I struggled to maintain this productivity practice last year. I feel I just wasn`t in the mental space to do it and we all know how hard starting something again can be.
After a lot of Introspection and Meditation, I finally feel like I`m in a space to continue recording my life in words and doodles in my notebook.
Expect a lot of cool updates from now!
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Throwback to this Trio Performance with @sarishthamajumdar
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A day of wandering around pretty streets in Pondicherry.
A friend recently told me that, "Pre, you`re just stuck in this city. The minute you step out and cross that Toll Booth is when you truly glow".
True enough, this so called "surprise trip" to Pondicherry was all about that glow, my love for living slow and being surrounded by artistic things.
And this day was just that! There`s something about wandering around the streets of the French Town in the hot afternoon sun, slow, without knowing what you might find. Lovely french villas, some restored, some intact in their original glory. Roads covered by the canopy of trees and resting below them to get respite from the harsh sun.
Though it was a bit more busy that what I would have preferred, there is definitely beauty in appreciating things for as they are with good company and conversations. And one cannot complain about the pretty doors everywhere now, can then?
What was your favourite thing about the French Town in Pondi?
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