India
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Shards of Memory – The Irani cafes of Hyderabad
Oh, the joys of merely sitting basking in the warmth of the filtered rays of the sun while Abid brought you a cup of piping hot Irani chai. Continue reading
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A glimmer of hope in Goa
The heat does not seem as stifling anymore, and the sweat drips off my back into my clothes even as I wait patiently outside the airport in Dabolim. Continue reading
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A World Without You – Five Years Later
12th September is the hardest day of the year. Continue reading
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Independence Day 2025: What India’s Future Can Learn From Its Storied Past
When Alexander the Great faced his mutinous soldiers at the flooded Beas in western Punjab in 325 BC, and relented under great pressure to return home to Macedon, a glossy chapter in the history of India went unwritten. Continue reading
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Kashmir
With Kashmir at the forefront, it seems as good a time as any to go back to the eponymous song of The Yellow Diary (TYD) from their debut EP Marz. Continue reading
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India Travel Diaries: Kochi and Varkala
The sun hits you when you first walk out of the airport in Kochi… Continue reading
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Seeking Myself In The Hidden Kingdom: Bhutan, 2024
The sun sets far too quickly for my liking in Phuentsoling… Continue reading
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Dikhaayi Diye Yun by Mir Taqi Mir – Translation and Summary
In this post, I attempt to decode and summarise the timeless ghazal ‘Dikhayi Diye Yun’ by Mir Taqi Mir. Continue reading
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India Travel Diaries: Goa
From whatever snatches I overhear, Maithili overpowers Konkani by some distance, and I have to remind myself that I am still on the west coast of India, still in Goa. Continue reading
Mohul is a national-level cricketer, poet, sports journalist, travel writer and essayist from Hyderabad, India.
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