Apr 17, 2025
interesting
So there we were, looking at the couple getting wedded. She asked if I’d like to have another. I smiled but declined. “Who says no to Amarula wine”, she teased. Together, we looked at the pretty wedding card and the venue mentioned on it – Under the Marula tree. “It sounds sweet, doesn’t it?”, she […]
Apr 17, 2025
bestteam
OHOT’s a strange place to be in. Everyone who works here is emotional, wear their sleeves on their heart, and like each other. But because we’re all working out of our homes, we’re never around each other. It doesn’t help that I am travelling so much,& available so less. From November, Shrimayi & I were […]
Mar 27, 2025
Adventure
It’s a Thursday afternoon. We are in the middle of a lagoon that connects to the Caribbean Sea, a few 100 metres away. A squadron of pelicans (that’s right, that’s what a group of pelicans is called :)) are sizing me up from their mangroves. Picture this. Take a globe, rotate it to point to […]
Mar 19, 2025
Adventure
It was towards the end of the Meghalaya trip. Sep 2024. On a whim, I asked Divyansh to leave his seat and come sit with me in the front. We ended up having a two hour long discussion on life, on slowness, on not chasing money. That day, I never knew then that I’d be […]
Jan 20, 2025
biggest travel year
One day she saw me in a dream. Over three years ago, I leas a Meghalaya trip. There were 7-8 close people to me, who had joined, in that set of 20. This story, strangely, isn’t about any of these close ones. Krutika, seemed guarded to me in the beginning. She was geeky for sure, […]
Jan 17, 2025
Adventure
They say with age, and as you travel more, you slow down. In 2024, I did 6 out of 7 continents in six months. I went to 13 new countries, repeated 8 more – That’s 21 in a year. Between Nov and Dec, I crossed both the Antarctic Circle as well as the Arctic (the […]
Dec 27, 2024
Adventure
This is Murmansk port. That water is the Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic. Last month, I was in Antarctica. In the Antarctic Ocean. From the bottom of the world in November, to the roof of the world in December. From the Antarctic to the Arctic, I am just taking where the world, […]
Dec 11, 2024
Adventure
I love you without knowing how or when. I love you simply, where there is no you or I. So intimate, that your hand on my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I sleep your eyes close” ~ Pablo Neruda It was when I was walking in Isla Negra that I got to […]
Dec 04, 2024
Adventure
OHOT is now in 5 continents. This year we started trips to Java, Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Jordan, Argentina, Antarctica. In 2025, we shall add Iceland, Lofoten Islands, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Uganda Gorilla Trekking, New Zealand, Georgia, Komodo Islands and many more. We want people to gush with joy. We will push people to tackle […]
