by Shazar | Feb 4, 2016 | India, travel, volunteering
Who knew that a home was so important? I forgot. Silly me. No rush I kept saying – I am fine where I am.. its clean, comfortable and relatively cheap. But I wasn’t feeling right – I was questioning a lot what am I doing here? Is this the right...
by Shazar | Oct 29, 2015 | India, travel, volunteering, writing
After a late lunch, Satish casually asks: “Would you like to go to Pune?” “Actually” I said: “don’t you mean – you are the only driver available – would you mind taking me to Pune?” We both had a laugh.. and sure...
by Shazar | Oct 28, 2015 | India, volunteering, writing
Tonight writing is happening perched here in Pune on the window ledge upstairs at the ‘hotel’ (restaurant) next to the pile of garlic peelings. These days I need to take any opportunity to write – the discipline of creating a specific schedule so...
by Shazar | Sep 30, 2015 | India, travel
When you arrive at the swanky new Mumbai International Airport at 3.30 am it’s a bit of a challenge to know what to do next. Just outside the airport precinct lies the chaos of this tumultous city. Choices are – ask your friends to pick you up –...
by Shazar | May 4, 2015 | Environment, India, Mother Earth, Water Conservation
I haven’t been writing for a while because I have been struggling with the need to say what really happened on my dam building project in India. How I really feel. I realise I have been afraid to do that because I didn’t want to make a...
