Archives for Migration
Working in the UK – a real life drama
Working in the UK or the aspiration to work in the UK is a dream in many a immigrant's life. But belonging to a country outside the EEA makes it…
Home away from home
I've lived in the UK for four years now and I have been back home in India every year. There is this irresistible pull of flavours, memories and experiences that…
Food travels
Food travels. Oh yes it does. Unlike us it doesn't need a passport, visa or immigration rules. All it needs are people and their passion for food. We are creatures…
Highflyers A photo diary #atozchallenge
Once upon a time I visited a tiny fishing village by the side of backwaters of Chilika Lake in Odisha, India. The sheer multitude of migratory birds overwhelmed me and…
C’est la vie The Greatest Adventure
Once a upon a time , when I was sixteen, I went off on an overnight train journey all by myself. Mundane as it might sound this train journey was…
Can I have world citizenship please?
I hate petty bureaucracy, filling forms and the numerous hoops that Indian nationals have to jump through. Even our own country gives us a hard time, let alone a foreign…
I spent my day Eating London
An artist's (Stik) rendition of racial acceptance I always believe that walking is the best way to see a city. A city is like a living being, with a vibrancy…
Drifting Traveller has moved home
Goodbyes at La Bonne Heure After three years of blogging in the safe haven of I've decided to test self-hosting shores. Like moving homes, moving blogs and all that…
On an Autobiographical Note
I was recently asked to answer eleven questions and also disclose eleven facts about myself. I thought they might make a good autobiographical post. My answers might be quite un-cool…
Curry Cravings in London
In my two years in London, there was one trip I religiously made every other weekend. I researched and visited a curry house, Indian restaurant, Pakistani restaurant etc. to find…