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Category: WritingRetreat

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018seasidegirl

The Himalayan Writing Retreat

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Delhi by night. There is beauty such as this. And there is the man-beast such as that, which defiles women, commits rape, burns the woman alive, and gets away with it all... because well they can. This is a patriarchal society where the mothers didnt teach them any better and misogyny is the only culture they learnt. What is a woman but someone to objectify?? As I desperately try to search for beauty in this very misogynistic country I have the misfortune of calling my homeland, I wish that there were no more women left in India to assault, rape, burn, plunder and lay waste. For India is No country for Women. Please do not come to India... it tops the list of the world's most unsafe places for women today. We are deeply ashamed and horrified at what our men do to our women. Any woman. And yet we keep quiet, we do not take to the streets and burn things down and scream and demand justice. Why? Because we simply do not care. We are ridden by apathy and all we care about is to get on with our Insta-perfect lives while four women are getting raped every hour, somewhere in India. Shame on us. Shame on every Indian male and female for tolerating this for decades and turning the other cheek and getting on with their lives in perfect apathy. #saynotorape #rapeinindia #indiaisnotsafeforwomen #indiaisnocountryforwomen #nocountryforwomen #stayaway #manisthebeast #shameonindia #incredibleindiaisamyth #stopmisogyny #betterindia
When in Singapore... Where the weather is always nice and balmy, where the skies are blue as blue gets, and the sun shines like nobody's business... and it just feels weirdly happy (but also wrong) to be so warm so close to Thanksgiving! ☺ #Singapore #blueskymorning #laughingsingaporean #doubleduplaughing #streetart #artinstallation #peranakanheritage #chijmes
Occasionally the Universe listens! When you have had a totally mental week at work, an insane weekend and a red-eye flight out to someplace else with meetings the afternoon of, and you haven't slept a wink on the flight..... .... And all you want is a spot of calm and quiet in the middle of a busy bustling metropolis before you hit the week again... that's when a little Zen gem of a boutique hotel comes along to say "here's an open-to-the-sky bath, go soak yourself, close your eyes and contemplate nothingness for a while... and then have a cup of green tea up on the sky loft" And you realize you also picked up a little bottle of lavender essential oil on your way in.... This is why I go out of my way to hunt down little boutique hotels on my journeys everywhere! #oasisofcalm #zenlike #boutiquehotel #boutiquehoteldesign #minimalist #japanesestyle #calmdown #calminabusyworld #singapore_insta #hiddengems #businesstravellife #curatingboutiquehotels #businesswithsoul #singaporeboutiquehotels #whentraveling #traveltales #girlwhotravels
Winter is coming. As surely as the seasons follow one another, you know winter is always yearning to claw it's way back into the summer of our lives. At the hot springs of Pamukkale a year ago... and the stark landscape of Hierapolis... some pictures need no filter. This is one of them. #nofilter #winteriscoming #pamukkale #turkishlandscape #hotsprings #whiletravelling #traveltales #instapicture #almostmonochrome #almostthere #instatravels #wanderlust #travelphotography #naturephotography #postcardsfromtheworld #turkiye #condenast #natgeotravel #girlswhotravel
Book launches at Litfests be like.... ☺ At the Valley of Words Litfest in Dehradun, for Tsering's new book... "The Tibetan Suitcase". ... If you like the idea of Karma, magic realism and the like, this one's for you. The form is very interesting... the entire narrative flows through letters and as I always say, you very rarely (if at all) write the book; the book writes you... So, go read! #bookcrazy #booklaunch #valleyofwords #thetibetansuitcase #dehradun #travelwithapurpose #tibetanwriter #litfest #newbook #bookportrait
What does bliss look like? A person sitting quietly doing their own thing, amusing themselves and being completely and fully spiritually present in the moment... A year ago, whilst traveling through Turkey and Sirince with @women_on_their_own_trip , I found this beautiful Turkish woman happily knitting away on a bench on the main street, surrounded by the laughter of children, the loud chatter of tourists and the world sort of slipped away from her as she knitted away... This, to me, is bliss. Alone-ness, a quiet moment, being in the middle of a busy world and finding your moment. This is why I travel. To understand what joy means to people everywhere in the world, and in turn it refines my own sense of bliss in a mad, busy, polluted world gone terribly wrong. #bliss #sirince #joysoftravel #facesinplaces #peopleportraits #whyitravel #traveltales #travelgram #postcardsfromtheworld #turkeyonmymind #throwbackfriday #wanderlust #whiletravelling #definitionofjoy #turkey #turkish

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