My breakaway journey
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Remember the times when people talk about just 'setting out', without any plans and what a good time they ended up having? Well in my case, I had mostly heard about this one and not actually done it. Yup, just one of those things that you always want to do but never actually end up doing. So finally it happened when circumstances pushed me into it (which is how pretty much everything happens in my life, considering my awesomely high levels of energy and self-motivation). I had asked my boss for a FULL weekend off I think for the first time in two and a half years of working with CNN-IBN. (Oh, don't you know? Journalists actually don't have a life!) All for a trek to Naneghat with a trekking group called "Yuva Shakti" (cringe) that I and my friend Deepti had planned. As luck would have it,....
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Rains in Mumbai are not what rains anywhere else would be. When I was young and studying in a different city, rains were a welcome break when everything became fresh and clean. Unfortunately, though I love this city, I have to admit, it's absolutely the opposite in Mumbai. The crowd, the commute, the crumbling infrastructure and the tons of garbage all make the rains a harrowing experience. And it is all the more maddening when you cover every single action being taken by the authorities to solve Mumbai's monsoon problems, but end up getting stuck in unmoving traffic or a train that stops in the middle of nowhere the next time it pours. Last year, when I was covering the rains on such a day as this, when it had rained throughout the night and all the low-lying areas were flooded once again, I happened to....
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