Art takes on new forms with each generation. What began long ago as an appreciation of the world around us has transformed into a view into places our imagination takes us beyond this world. My week in Tokyo encapsulated this in a way, beginning with the natural wonder of Chiyoda, the nostalgic facade of Odaiba, […]
In July I was given a rare chance to combine work with personal leave, attending conferences on magnetism close to home. The first of these conferences was at UC Davis, and was attended by a lot of students from the theoretical unit I work with. This put me in an interesting position, as both traveler […]
The past weekend I took a short trip to Tokyo to attend a friend’s wedding. However I had a spare day to explore, which I felt would best be served by a visit to Kamakura, a town close to the coast 1 hour south of Tokyo. The town is famous for being home to Daibutsu, […]
For the first time in my 4 years in Okinawa, I visited a Ryuku island other than Okinawa. Zamami island is a common destination, just a couple hours by ferry from Naha. Although gloomy clouds sent us off from the port, the skies parted by the afternoon revealing gorgeous islands just west of Okinawa. The […]
This trip to Tokyo was special for two big reasons. Firstly, these photos are the first photos taken on film with my father’s Canon A1 in over a decade. I asked to borrow the camera after our trip to India, and decided this trip to Tokyo was a good opportunity to put it through its […]
The next morning we got back on the road, following the Shyok river in the opposite direction, east towards the Chinese border. Our destination was Pangong Lake, a source of the gorgeous glacial water accompanying us along the road. While the lake has recently become famous for its role in the final scene of Three […]
The next day our real journey began. Already having enough trouble with the altitude of Leh (3500m), we journeyed higher along the Khardung La pass, rising up to over 5300m before coming back down the other side of the mountain. The pass was fraught was rocks and breaks in the road from landslides, to the point […]
After returning to Delhi from Tijara, my family took off for our real vacation, a journey through Ladakh. Our port of call was the local capital of Leh, a city tucked away in the mountain not unlike our ancestral home of Srinagar (although, a lot drier). Leh and its surrounding regions are home to many […]
This begins a series of posts chronicling my brief trip to India this year. The trip began was a family vacation to Tijara Fort Palace, which rises above the hills of Rajasthan. Now remodeled into a hotel, the fort set the scene for a family reunion almost 9 years in the making. As we caught […]
Over the next week I will be publishing a series of posts to recap some major events from the past year, backdating them to the correct dates. I apologize for such a long lapse, and can only give the workload on my PhD and general forgetfulness as my excuse. Nevertheless, I shall carry forward with […]