A Slow Boat Down the Ganges Blog

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 23 Usually when I need to travel, I leave before dawn to be able to beat the morning traffic. This time was an exception. Not a last minute one because I overslept (I did not), but by choice. It is a relatively short drive of about five to six…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 22 At the time that I am writing this, I should really have been on the banks of the Ganges, somewhere near Haridwar. However, I have had to delay the trip by one day because of two important developments. The first is the fact that the National Mission for…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 21 Today started on a happy note. On Sep 17 I hinted at some possible development that might ensure, something that Tara has been working on. Well, that has come through. We now have a sponsor for the expedition. Rs 2 lakh has been promised by Dorf Ketal, a…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 20 Well, well, well. After almost three years in the making, and after two postponements this year itself, the launch date is single digits away … nine more days to go. For me, it is even sooner, since I will be leaving Delhi for Haridwar four days later. Things…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 19 As the days are getting closer, only ten more days to launch, the sheer audacity of the expedition is becoming more real. Two months. 2,500 kilometres. One holy river. With the suspended solids in the water, it will be like paddling through jelly. And there will be nearly…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 18 I have been packing today. And I came to a revelation. There is only so much I need to carry on the canoe since there is a car to transport most of the equipment in. The camping stuff, clothes, food, etc can all get transported in the car….

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 17 Today is a special day. If you have been following the dates, today, Sep 20, is when A SLOW BOAT DOWN THE GANGES was to have launched. This particular date was chosen because it is my father’s birthday. Fate willed otherwise and the launch had to be postponed…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 16 Today has been a quiet day. I did look at some of the stuff that I needed to take for the expedition. The gear that came back from the survival Course was unpacked and laid out. The kind of stuff required for the two activities are very different,…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 15 As you can see, I have been off writing for the past ten days. It is because I have been not only out of town, but out of civilisation. Camped out in the folds of the Padampuri forest, near Bhimtal town in Uttarakhand. I was conducting a survival…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 14 Over the last couple of days I’m straddling two boats … pun unintended. The first boat, of course, is the slow boat, while the second is the wilderness survival Course starting in three days. All my bags were packed keeping A SLOW BOAT ON THE GANGES in mind….