By Vahishta Mistry
There are many New Yorks, hidden away in the five boroughs that make up the geographical area of what we call the Big Apple – the city that never sleeps, New York City. Some of these iterations of the city take on a more flamboyant avatar, borrowed from the styles of its denizens. These are the …
Whether you’re looking for your next destination or just trying to find things to do on a weekend while at home, these sites will help you immensely! Atlas Obscura: I’ve shamefully stolen their About Us blurb because it describes the weird and quirky content so well: In an age where everything seems to have been …
We all dream of happiness and we know that its synonymous with success. Succeed and you will be happy. Hit the pinnacle. Scale the summit. We dream of clawing our way up past the others who compete against us to reach the rarified atmosphere known to only a few successful people. We all want to …
As I’ve mentioned before, I did a road trip with my Slovenian friend Blaž through Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont last week. I shot about 300 GB of video footage on my GoPros and my Canon 60D. It’s been a looooong time editing it, and I’m only half done, but I liked what I have so …
If you eavesdrop on a typical meeting in an Indian newsroom, especially one where long-term strategy is being discussed, you’ll find that at some point, there will be a dire pronouncement made (usually by the marketing or sales people, who actually have no business being in the room) that audience attention spans are dwindling, for …
My week in Washington started off quite slow. I stayed in a small suburb of DC called Arlington (yes, the place with the cemetery is close by!) Since I was couchsurfing with a very nice host, he drove me to the metro station every day. After the confusion of the NYC metro system with its …
Being a modern day traveler means using a smartphone. No way around it, and its the best thing ever. Here are the 5 apps I’m using the most, on the road! App 01: Google Maps This one is a no-brainer. It’s the best mapping solution out there. And in a country like the US which …
Budget travelers, like CEOs, have painful lives that they live in order to experience the rewards. That’s the hard truth – for all those beautiful cityscapes and sunsets, the IPOs and the successful buyouts, there’s a price to pay. Constant worry about your belongings and assets. Lots and lots of budget woes. Tons of tense …
Facebook is an amazing social tool, but the tragic flaw with it is that society is composed mainly of tools. This is why a number of extremely irritating trends have cropped up – trends which make you want to shut down your computer, go outside and take a deep breath. Now these trends have been documented …
I love it when movies start with this line. Mainly because it almost always guarantees lots of action, but also because it invariably gets me thinking about what the not so distant future actually looks like. The art of predicting the future is 1/3rd imagination and 2/3rds extrapolation. There’s very little chance that basic human …