For the restless spirit!

  2014 - it was quite a year for me, a watershed of sorts.  A lot changed. I lost both my parents and my marriage of 20 years. I had to steady my ship fast to enable my teenaged daughter to keep strong and focussed on her track.  I turned to travel - no longer as a passion but as a coping mechanism, to allow me to keep sane.  I turned to my homeland - my India., to its calming hills to seek answers.... Extract from Meira's memoirs - July 2014 " I just wanted to escape. Escape from my reality that was overwhelming. But like all who have had the rug pulled out from under their feet, I was unsure. With so many balls up in the air, should I travel? Could I afford it? I wanted answers and for clarity, I knew I had to travel to a neutral space, one that allowed me to introspect.   I traveled with my daughter to this very old school and quiet little property called "Wildflower Hall" tucked above the hill station of Shimla in Northern India. This stately home of an erst...

  These are sad times for those who love wanderlust, for those who seek to be wild and free....  But how can you hold back the soaring spirit - Covid or otherwise?  Hence "Meira" - my restless spirit - who has used these restrictives times to soar through her travel archives, to look at her personal journey across geographies, sometimes solo, sometimes with loved ones - to reflect on all she has learnt from her recent wanderings and how it has helped her become who she is, now. And so Meira begins ..... "There are some people who are meant to grow strong roots to a place and build beautiful things there, including a home full of warmth and love.  Then there are others who even when having to stay in one locale, feel the winds calling their name everyday, with promise of the new.  I belong to the latter. Period. Life had kept me focussed and based in the desert for many years, feeding the wanderlust in my soul with little drops - few and far in between. I will...