djnavv

There is cliche, and there is gossip. You know that you won’t find gossip here, but that doesn’t say I talk cliche here either. And that’s taken because I don’t care, and I know most of those who do share their thoughts with me don’t care either.

Those who don’t care. Some, will not be bothered by what goes on. Some on the other hand, will refute whats around them. For some it’s a way of life, for some a need, to “not care”.

Some just don’t “fit” into the crowd around them, because they don’t feel the need to. Some don’t “fit” because they can’t, and thus ignore it, to maybe “look” for the crowd they might “fit” into. One doesn’t look at the herd, the other ignores. One has a need, the other doesn’t feel any kind of compulsion.

From the crowd’s perspective, neither “cares”. But the tricky thing is, would you even “care” about the crowd’s perspective if you didn’t care ? Its not about making the choice, that would defeat the whole bloody principle. Those who don’t care, wouldn’t need a choice.

There is passe’, and there is vogue … if passe is too “talked” about for you, then go to the gossip columns and read the vogue … tricky tricky

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More about the bike next time

More than a month back, I stopped working in the CueBlocks office, and started planning an internship in .. europe maybe. So of all the things, I was kinda glad to leave the city. I’ve been here ever since !!

But I guess, the city still hasn’t had enough of me …
So, I came to know of some internship oppurtunities with Opera Software in Norway. Excitement. So, I approached and talked to the people with Opera and they told me how to go about it. “But as destiny would have it”, I landed a position with Opera in Chandigarh.

Yea, Opera is moving to India. And its starting its operations from Chandigarh. And I would be a part of that team

For the inquisitive ones, you can read about the job profile here

So, all of you know where to catch me now

Just back from a trip that I might as well call the best road trip to the hills till now. When we left home, the destination was Dharamsala.

Have uploaded pics from the trip at – www.djnavv.com/dharamsala/

After around 5 hours of an amazing drive, we reached Dharamsala, it was dissapointing. A crowded city, was definitely not what I wanted to “escape” to. So we decided to drive further on … to McLeodganj. The drive up to McLeodganj was even better. At McLeo (thats how its locally known as) we had lost around 80% of the “city” crowd. It was crowded alright … but tourists mostly and Tibetans. This is where the Dalai Lama monastry is. When decided to go even further, and lose this crowd as well. It was a “narrow” drive to Dharamkot. But thats the place you wanna be. Its mostly Israeli community there, with amazingly cheap hotels and amazing food.

Its a place like no other. Amazing place to stay. Amazing people. Amazing food. Amazing places to eat at !!

For those, who might wanna travel to Dharamkot … here’s my 2 cents:

Chandigarh
Mohali
Ropar
Kiratpur
Anandpur Sahib
Nangal
Metspur
Una
Amb
Mubarakpur
Chintpurni
Dehra
Ranital
Kangra
Dharamsala
McLeodganj
Dharamkot

Its a total of around 250Km, takes around 6 hours of casual driving – with stopages for eating et all.

At Dharamkot, we put up at Gagan Resorts, the room was for 600/night.
You can also get cottages at Dev Resorts for around 1500/night.
At BlueHeaven, the rooms are even cheaper … but weren’t available when we reached.

To eat check out:
Trek ‘n Dine (Dharamkot)
Friendly Planet (Dharamkot)
View ‘n Chew (Bhagsur)
Moonpeak Cafe (McLeo – especially for breakfast)
.. loads of other places .. but dont miss these

Will be waiting for other places you guys suggest …

I’d say this is not exactly a place if you wanna go out and “do something”
Its more of a place for those .. who like to do “nothing” … absolute chill out.

And for those who havent heard the latest … here’s a sneak