Trekking is called hiking in American English. This site has nothing to do with Star Trek, apart from the fact that it also talks of journeys that become pilgrimages.
Solo.22.Male. Calicut|Delhi
Traveller, in both body and mind.
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(These descriptions are only indicative snapshots of the past, may not be applicable now.)
The Sea Inside
Arnav ne� Amon. The Highway loses itself into the Sea.
Lost Highway
Amon. Whimsical wanderer, chief film critic, walking movie encyclopedia. This blog is now concluded.
neverendingroad
Sumit. Senior of mine here in K. Famed for his bike trips. Go straight to the Sep 23 entry and you'll know.
Mode C
Nitai. Another senior of mine in K. Very good at writing and other creative jazz. Movie freak. Good place to get the dope on whatever's going on in K.
Whirlwings
Refreshingly frank on general life, esp that of a career woman. Healthy, non-fanatic spirituality at times.
The Raven's Desk
TheBoFi. Even longer posts than mine, and much more thought-provoking. Admittedly schizophrenic. Perceptive and sensitive view of life.
The Purple Haze
ZuluBoy. Evocative stories, deep Hindu philosophy; the mini-Tao of Physics.
Purple Cow
Keerthi. Assorted rambles on campus life, and a way with words. Salinger zealot.
the Quintessential Q
QuintEssence. Rock fanatic, poetry lover, SF freak. Well-expressed thoughts, and photo-laced accounts of life at FMS, Delhi.
Bright Sunny Days
Anil. K classmate. Can give Keynes & Friedman a run for their money when he's deconstructing Economics from a 'layman's perspective'.
Sneha Nagesh
Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree. The lengthy thoughts continue to cogitate (See below), stronger than ever.
Cogitated Thoughts
Sneha. Reading, guitar. Feelings captured adroitly in long sentences that make me feel inadequate. Blog continues in Spatial Chronicles, above.
Aadisht Khanna,
The life and times of. One of the Eldar bloggers on the circuit. With anecdotes, arguments, humor, and more, his is the quintessential blog.
The Pink Files
The Observer. Much Kafkavian allegory, threads of thought, and an explosion of pink.
The Catcher
Learned discussion of everything creative; occasional humor.
Bhavya
Stories, satire, school to university. And of course, food. Nice writing.
Me and My Solitude
Prateek. Good Hindi poetry; bittersweet account of life at MDI, Gurgaon.
Looking for LiFe
Piya. Young engineer grappling with pressures of a new job, yet trying to maintain the creative streak, while searching for the meaning of happiness.
Blokes A Blogin
Very wide knowledge of Tamizh ('zh' pronounced as retroflex 'l') culture and art. Account of life both American and Indian. Often discusses spirituality and education.
My Crazy World
Ranjitha. Practical jokes in an ad agency. Rather obscure poetry at times. Not for the faint of cerebrum.
Dream Chase
Rashmi. Poetry, 'anatomical' analysis of art, the (successful) struggle for a desired job.
Not an Essay
Scott. Thinks much like I used to in late teenage, and still do, to some extent. Critique of school life, and many thoughts on the lack of intensity in our lives.
Arnab's World
Arnab. Programming guru; one of the guys who made blogsnob.
_________ Quint's e-Books
Just what it says. Large collection, though with the proliferation of broadband, most of you might have most of them.
Himalayan Home
Karamjeet Singh. Encyclopedic info on the Himalaya. An itinerant life which is the stuff of dreams.
Stephen Knapp
Indophile traveller. Great photos and perceptive analysis of India from a foreigner's viewpoint.
Pagal Guy
MBA discussion forums. Much more than that for hundreds of addicts. Meeting place of many intelligent people. My nickname is Gwaihir.
One of the reasons why I came here despite FMS, MDI, IIM Indore (Converted waitlist) etc:
The laptop's delayed by 2 weeks; then I'll be more regular. Thanks for your patience.
Arnav's restarted again, his new link's been added. Another revival from hibernation in the offing.
Just in case you're a chance visitor to this blog, the photo above is not of the Himalaya, but of the Western Ghats, on the southwest coast of India. This is taken from a place called IIM Kozhikode, which probably has the most beautiful educational campus in India; in Kerala state. This photo doesn't do justice to the greenery here, will post those when I restart.
Posted at 04:01 am by Solo
Solo November 29, 2005 01:26 AM PST [yossarian] Thanks :D
Sumit August 6, 2005 03:35 AM PDT Hmm.. Gud to see a person interested in travel at IIMK.. u got lotsa options here.. Do make gud use of ur vacations and weekends..
Solo August 1, 2005 08:37 PM PDT Hi Arnav, QE, Nadir (Had to spend some time finding out who you really are); midterms going on right now. Have 2 exams tomorrow (for which I've studied little), and the ethernet connection in my room isn't working. Will be sometime before it's fixed. That, anyway, is not the constraint. I want to write a good post (Good in my opinion, of course), so am waiting for a larger window of opportunity. Please wait a few more days, and thanks again for being patient with a chap like me (Had I been the reader on such a blog, I would've stopped coming to it after a month or so.)
nadir July 30, 2005 11:43 AM PDT I mean...u have got ur own laptop now. ;)
nadir July 30, 2005 11:42 AM PDT Hey, why haven't u put up this pic on the group? It's sooooo beautiful. Ok, maybe u also want to keep somethin exclusive for urself. :) .... BTW, when r u coming back to regualr blogging?
QE July 26, 2005 08:04 AM PDT i keep repeating this..its FMS' loss mate. the western ghats zephyr..r u now ?
;)
Arnav July 25, 2005 04:01 PM PDT Thousand pages of pending reading work! Someone's even more relaxed than I tend to be in my courses...and it's just about a month into the course!
Solo July 25, 2005 01:37 PM PDT Hi Smitali, Arnav; yes, this is from within the campus. Actually, almost all photos that use the Sky tastefully look beautiful, but in the cities, you hardly get a panoramic view that's uninterrupted by buildings, and the sky's rarely blue enough. I took another photo along with this that has a higher horizon and you can see parked cars etc; it looks uglier, though more believable.
That's not snow cover, but low-hanging clouds. Clouds often flow across the campus. The major cover on these hills is coconut, coconut, and some more coconut. Rains come here on an almost hourly basis, and it's mostly wet greenery that meets the eye wherever you look. Breathtaking place. Not surprisingly, I've let studies accumulate till I've over a thousand pages of pending textbook readings; so will take your leave now. This comment does not mean a return to regular blogging, yet.
Smitali July 25, 2005 09:23 AM PDT Beautiful pic.. no doubt bout it
Arnav July 25, 2005 04:32 AM PDT The pic's from within the campus! It's beautiful, and that's the understatement of the year. Well, I have seen far too many pics of your campus now to be surprised really. The peaks almost look snow-covered!
