Travel Diary #20.3: Bryce Canyon National Park – Poetry in stone

Day 5: Bryce Canyon Nation Park, Sep 22nd 2021 Ok, first thing first, Bryce Canyon is technically not a canyon. It is not carved by a river like others. Instead of that, it is an amphitheater of dramatically eroded vividly colored limestone of pink cliffs. These long, towering vertical spires protruding from the bottom of…Read more Travel Diary #20.3: Bryce Canyon National Park – Poetry in stone

Travel Diary #20.2: Zion National Park

Cut by Virgin River, Zion Canyon is one of the most visited places in the United States. The thing that makes this place unique is that you look at this canyon from the bottom. Most of the canyons like Grand Canyon or Bryce Canyon is viewed from top, but here you drive at the bottom…Read more Travel Diary #20.2: Zion National Park

Travel Diary #20.1: Vegas – Sin City

This trip happened just like that. I pinged Meena and Ravita in the last week of August to go on a trip together and surprisingly by next weekend we had all the bookings done. Everything just fell into the place – office leaves, flight tickets, Airbnb bookings, car rental – everything. I was so glad…Read more Travel Diary #20.1: Vegas – Sin City

Travel Diary #19: Scenic Idaho

Idaho trip was on the cards for the fourth of July weekend, but we were unable to get any Airbnb reservation. The ones available were so exorbitant that it was nonsensical to spend that much. So, we decided to take a day off and visit the place a couple of weeks ahead. Trip started with…Read more Travel Diary #19: Scenic Idaho

Travel Diary #18: Yellowstone – The Restless Giant

This Memorial Day wasn’t red, white or blue for me. It was painted all yellow 😉. Yes, I went to Yellowstone National Park this weekend. There was a surprise change of plan. We had planned for Idaho but at the last minute we got an Airbnb option available in Pray, Montana. This pushed us to…Read more Travel Diary #18: Yellowstone – The Restless Giant

Travel Diary #17: Oregon – Painted by the past

After more than a year of staying at home, it was a welcome relief to see something beyond the blue walls of my house and the well-trodden paths to Costco and Walmart. We drove to Bend, Oregon to spend an extended weekend there. We stayed there for 2 nights and traveled to Painted Hills, Crater…Read more Travel Diary #17: Oregon – Painted by the past

Culaccino

Culaccino (pronounced as koo-la-chino) is an Italian word which means a mark left on a surface by the bottom of a vessel. वो चाँद मेरा चाँद ले गयानूर-ए-आसमान साथ ले गया सितारे ढूँढते हैं बंद कमरे मेंनीला सायबान साथ ले गया होठों के रेहल पे रख जो बोसे पढ़ते थेवो आयतें वो क़ुरान साथ ले…Read more Culaccino

पतझड़

गुज़िश्ता शाम सड़क पेचिनार के पेड़ से मुलाक़ात हुईज़रा जल्दी में था वोकपड़े थोड़े ज़र्द थोड़े सुर्ख़ थेकुछ बदन पे कुछ जमीं पे बिखरे थेकहा उसनेआने वाले रुत की अगुआई करनी हैसो नये कपड़े सिलवाएगागुलाबी बूटों वाली कमीज़और सब्ज़ पत्तों की चमकीली अचकनकहता हुआ वो आगे बढ़ गयाऔर मैं ठहरा रह गयायाद-ए-माज़ी के उसी रास्ते…Read more पतझड़

Sunday blues

जाने क्या ढूँढते हैंबारहा मोबाईल देखते हैंवो जो ना आने वाले हैंहम उनकी राह तकते हैंउम्मीद उँगलियों की आदत हैये आदत कैसे भुलाते हैंहफ़्ता तो बीत जाता है परतुम बिन इतवार बहुत सताते हैंजो तुम कहती थीकुछ मेरी तारीफ़ करोबड़े दिनों से लिखा नहींकुछ नज़्में ग़ज़लें तामीर करोइन्कार इज़हार के ख़फ़ा होने मान जाने केसिलसिले…Read more Sunday blues

ज़ूनी

तुम जा छुपे कहीं हमसफ़रनहीं मिल रहा मेरा रहगुज़रहैं भटक रहे हम इधर उधरमेरा चाँद गुम है जाने किधरतन्हा अकेले अब लगता है डरसफ़र नहीं है ये इक सिफ़र ना है खुशबू हर तरफ है ग़मख़ामोशियाँ कर रहीं सितमनहीं लग रहा कहीं भी मनतेरी यादें बन गयी ज़ख्मभूलें तो कैसे इन्हें जानमइन ज़ख्मों के ये…Read more ज़ूनी