Amit asks : What would you do if you had a foolproof invisible cloak?Who wears cloaks in this day and age ? I was thinking more on along the lines of an Invisibility Shawl, more practical for Indian conditions don't you think ? pashmina would be optim...

Step 1 :Find yourself a plastic vat/tub/cistern/barrel. Fill with cold water and jump in.Step 2 :Let Fourier's Law of heat transfer take effect - "When there exists a temperature gradient within a body, heat energy will flow from the region of high temperature to the region of low temperature " - in plan speak "Chill".Step 3 :As the your body temperature falls and the heat...

Azure tipped mountains reflect a thousands hues of blue into the waters of the tranquil shadowy weed-ridden Dal lake. Morning prayers from the white domed single minaretted mosque, the Hazaratbal, resound through the till then silent confines of the valley. Darker tones give way to gentle blues as our boatman Lasa, surges the shikara forward with his spade shaped oar. Dawn...

Two canoes lay in pursuit of our lone shikara. A loud Kashmiri confab is exchanged as the two boatmen row with increasing vigour. One of the boatmen has obviously won as the other boatman discontinues his pursuit. Dal Lake is a floating garden of sorts and what garden (floating or otherwise) is complete without flowers. The lone canoe is painted a wild jaipuri pink and is...

Harzatbal’s call for morning prayer had woken me, replacing my usual cell phone alarm as the sound of the night. I now find myself sitting on soft cushions of a long flat-bottomed boat with a canopy above my head, while my parents and sister recline opposite me, peering out from under their blankets to protect themselves from the chilling early morning breeze. Behind them...