Eat Shop Travel

In those days doing Masters was a rarity and working women were considered arrogant. However, I had support from a man who didn’t believe in the patriarchal society and wanted to educate his daughters the way he would educate his sons. I was 26, by the time I started working and wanted to complete my Ph.D. Destiny had some other plans and I had to get married leaving my Ph.D. in between also 26 was too late to get married in that era. Soon after my marriage, things started falling apart and my in-laws wanted me to stop working. My father and husband stood by me and I continued to work.  Life has its own way of testing your strength and patience. The man I loved the most; my father was diagnosed with throat cancer soon after my marriage. He fought the deadly disease bravely but succumbed to it a year after its diagnosis. This unbearable loss made my world come to a standstill. He left me with a void which can never be filled and responsibilities I could never show my back to....

Birthdays are special and I have always been excited about mine since childhood, after all, it comes once a year when I pamper myself with best things in the world. This birthday I gifted myself a getaway to Sri Lanka. It was easy to fix on Sri Lanka as my brother had recently moved to Colombo. Cool drip Traveling to Sri Lanka is absolutely hassle-free and cost effective with low airfare and visa easily available. A spontaneous traveler like me doesn’t need an itinerary; however, there are lots of us who like to plan their getaways. I booked my flight from Hyderabad to Colombo via Chennai with a layover of 2 hours. I landed in Colombo at half-past one in the morning. Immigration was a kid stuff and I reached my abode in Colombo by the time clock struck thrice. You don’t have to worry about jet lag as India and Sri Lanka falls in the same time zone. But care for a beauty sleep when you have an action packed next 5 days. Day 1: Mornings be like this facing the calm ...