Thomas and Jayan The dynamic duo live in the top floor appartment in Kondapur, Hi-Tec City, Hyderabad.

Class of 2009 The French-influenced city of Pondicherry provided a pleasant stay for one night. The streets around the French Quarter, and even in the southern parts of the more familiar Indian side, were unrecognisably quiet. The French quarter in particular contained long stretches of suburban tree-lined streets bordered on both sides by many French-style building facades. The sea-side walk was scenic and most attractively for me was filled with vendors sellin...

Eileen Going from Chalakudy to Trivandrum to meet Eileen, I made it to a bed in the sleeper carriage of the train in the end, thanks to a bit of luck and the nice conductor who took me to an empty bed within minutes of seeing the small tired me surrounded by big bags. Arunima was right about the few advantages of being a lone female traveler in India. Still, I started the journey annoyed when, trusting a local traveler, I had let an earlier train going to the sa...

Father Michael V.C. (Vincentian Congregation) He presided over the week-long retreat that I attended in Chalakudy (Kerala), at the Divine Retreat Centre - the largest Catholic retreat centre in the world with a capacity of tens of thousands. I arrived late after giving up the first day for the wedding. It was a foolish sacrifice that meant I got there at midnight on Sunday. But I had a good week nonetheless. Father Michael is a very charismatic priest, only in ...

Manu (Unien - Little Brother) It took 4 buses to go inter-state to reach Manathavady, on the edge of the Kerala district of Wayanad and a fifth to get to the capital of the region, Kalpetta though I was told there was a direct bus originally. Lesson to learn: never trust someone's knowledge of the bus timetable. Either the bus doesn't exist or the timings are irrelevant here! Still, the journey between the two picturesque regions of Coorg and Wayanad was itself...