My story begins in Punjab. At 15, I moved to Chandigarh, the city that became the starting point for everything that followed.
- Travel and place
- Inner life
The places, moves and journeys I remember—not a scorecard, just a record of a decade spent in motion.
- January — Shimla.
- June — Triund trek and McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh.
- January — Science City, Kapurthala.
- The rest of the year belonged to university life.
- December — Delhi for PyCon India and a blockchain conference.
- Rotaract life.
- March — Hampta Pass trek, camping and Old Manali.
- April — Gurugram for Smart India Hackathon.
- June — my Rotaract president tenure began.
- July — Shimla for a leadership training programme.
- December — Gurugram and its IT hub.
- March — Prashar Lake, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.
- April — Triund trek and camping in McLeod Ganj.
- July — moved to Mohali.
- January — Kasol, Manikaran and Tosh.
- February — moved to Hyderabad.
- COVID changed the year.
- July — moved back home to Kapurthala.
- October — Chandigarh.
- December — Haridwar.
- Delhi and the Red Fort.
- October — Pinjore Gardens, Panchkula.
- December — moved to Chandigarh, then spent Christmas around The Ridge and the cafés of Shimla.
- August — Shimla: The Ridge and popular cafés.
- October — Kasol, Kheerganga, Kulga and Pulga.
- December — Delhi and Gurugram: India Gate, the National War Memorial, Connaught Place, Hauz Khas, the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, Cyber Hub, Qutub Minar and Mehrauli.
- December — Udaipur.
- February — Prashar Lake, Mandi.
- April — moved to Hyderabad and lived at Stanza.
- August — moved to Stanza in Gowlidoddy.
- September — travelled to Chandigarh.
- November — Chennai for onboarding at Denim, then Chandigarh.
- December — Hyderabad and Wonderla, followed by North and South Goa.
- March — Visakhapatnam, Araku Valley, Coimbatore, the Isha Yoga Center, Madurai and Kodaikanal.
- April — Chandigarh for a wedding, then home to Kapurthala.
- June — Chennai.
- July — Kodaikanal.
- August — Pondicherry.
- September — moved to Thiruvanmiyur.
- October — saw Naina off, travelling through Chandigarh, Kapurthala, Delhi, Ludhiana, Jaipur and Pathankot.
- November — McLeod Ganj, Dharamkot, Zostel, Dal Lake and views of the Dhauladhar, then Himachal Pradesh → Delhi → Chennai.
- December — Chennai → Mahabalipuram → Pondicherry → Auroville → Chidambaram → Tiruchirappalli → Thanjavur → Kodaikanal.
- January — Munnar → Kolukkumalai → Madurai → Rameswaram → Chennai → Delhi.
- January — Chandigarh → Ahmedabad for Coldplay.
- February — Ahmedabad → Chennai, then Pondicherry.
- March — Mom and Dad visited Chennai.
- May — Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi and Penang.
- July — Chennai → Delhi → home → Chandigarh → Ahmedabad → Hyderabad → Chennai.
- September — Chennai → Chandigarh → home.
- October — Kapurthala → Pathankot → Kapurthala → Jalandhar → Kapurthala → Delhi airport; Aerocity, Cyber City and Chandni Chowk; then Delhi → Kapurthala → Pathankot.
- November — Pathankot → Agra → Pathankot → Kapurthala, then Chennai → Mumbai → Pune and more time in Mumbai.
- December — Bali, then Ooty and Coonoor.
- January — Coimbatore for a motorcycle racing camp.
- February — Pilibhit and its forest reserve area, then Rishikesh, Haridwar and Tapovan.
- February — began exploring yoga, Reiki, spirituality and Kriya Yoga.
- March–April — Haridwar, Rishikesh and Tapovan, then a few days at home in Kapurthala and time in Chandigarh.
- Late April–June — Chennai.
