Traveling across the world should feel like that and while once on the go, in another part of the world, it often does, the road to this other part of the world isn’t all that exciting for most people. I would know. I am one of them - in love with the world and all its imperfect magnificence.

Whether one likes it or not, social media is here to stay. Afterall, it is the go-to place for anyone and everyone who wants to express themselves, find a community, or simply as a way to get attention? But how did social media become this enormously influential thing? How did companies find a way to get us this hooked? And what can we do about it?

Even though I was born and raised in a satellite city only 10 minutes from New Delhi, there is a lot of Delhi I have yet to see. One such place in Old Delhi. A crowded, noisy affair with narrow and twisted gallies (“roads” in Hindi), Old Delhi is a place where religion, tradition, and most importantly food, come together.

India - the majestic land of all things spiritual, mystic, and chaotic. Or so is what the zeitgeist in the West has made of India. It was perhaps guided by the former two elements that led to the influx of those seeking a higher purpose - a connection with the divine along with a rebellious zeal for freedom - to the subcontinent over half a century ago.