To apply for a Schengen visa with an ECR stamp in your passport — a mark used for Indian citizens whose international travel is officially classified as requiring protection and supervision — is not a single act. It is an accumulation.The fact that such a classification is physically stamped into a passport, visible at every […]
I had just landed from Germany.Unusually heavy rains and storms for this region — the kind they say hasn’t happened like this for decades. From Olhão to Armona, the ferry crosses the Ria Formosa Natural Park.There are usually four ferries a day.That day, only one was running — and I arrived just in time for […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
Today I had an intutive chat with CHATgpt – I was watching an interview with Federico Faggin, an Italian-American physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur. He is best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004. I was interested in his understanding of consciousness. So watching the interview below I thought: “Wow, it must […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
Reading about overtourism and degrowth didn’t feel like encountering a new idea.It felt like recognizing a language for something I had been circling for a long time. The word arrived late.The sensitivity came early. Long before I became a nomad, I learned — without naming it — that places behave like ecosystems.They don’t thrive through […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
In February 2022, I spent two weeks at the fazenda of my dear friend Regina Cohen — a shaman, natural healer, and woman equally at home in Manhattan and Rio de Janeiro. She co-owns a fazenda in the mountains of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The place is raw, remote, and almost untouched by time. Nestled in […]
Skater Girl Asha, the book I’ve written one and a half years ago, is now available as an audiobook on various platforms – here is the link to Barnes & Nobles. But it is on many other platforms as well – just google „Skater Girl Asha Audiobook“ and you will find the right platform for […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]