Cyclist, hiker, and scientist living in the Himalaya.
I build, repair, and wander — mostly in search of quiet roads, good coffee, and better stories.
“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…
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“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…
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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…
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