Cyclist, hiker, and scientist living in the Himalaya.
I build, repair, and wander — mostly in search of quiet roads, good coffee, and better stories.
“कर्म करो, फल की चिंता मत करो।” Act, but do not cling to the fruit of your action. It’s a line we all know — the heartbeat of the Bhagavad Gita. We hear it so often that it risks becoming background noise, a moral slogan…
“इच्छा और त्याग—ये दोनों ही जीवन के दो छोर हैं। और जीवन का सत्य इन दोनों के बीच में बहता है।” Desire and renunciation—these are the two ends of life. Truth flows somewhere in between. I have always found that line haunting. It sounds simple…
“मैं पापिनी नहीं हूँ। मैं अपने जीवन की परिस्थितियों की देन हूँ। और मैंने इन परिस्थितियों से झूठ नहीं बोला है।” I am not a sinner. I am a product of my circumstances. And I have not lied to them. When I first met Chitralekha…
“पाप व्यक्ति के वश होने का नाम है” Sin is the name we give to being ruled by oneself. I read that line for the first time years ago, and it sat with me like a stone dropped into still water. At first, I didn’t…
You ride across a continent. Or maybe just a state. Or a valley. Or a long enough distance that something in you shifts — like a tectonic plate beneath still soil. You wake up in places without names, pitch tents by rivers that aren’t on…