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shonak close about me projects travel across the pond european meanders london to singapore overland adventure india backpacking adventure contact inner engineering an unforgettable ashram retreat that almost never was after a chaotic boxing day in kochi where seemingly everyone in the city had come out shopping i made my way to the isha ashram near coimbatore one of the largest and iconic ashrams in india as a follower of sadhguru s teachings and having been dazzled by mahashivratri celebrations in years prior the ashram was at the top of my short list of places to read more shonak nathwani september 9 2023 17 min read indian railways the joys and horrors of train journeys in india six years have passed since my last overnight rail journey but time hasn t deterred my excitement for the chance to embark on several more while all of my railway adventures in india barely lasted a single night for some of those trips the end couldn t come soon enough but were an experience nonetheless booking tickets travelling via train in india is an experience unlike read more shonak nathwani july 3 2023 14 min read prayer flags studying buddhism at a tibetan monastery dharamsala the co capital of the himalayan state of himachal pradesh was my base for a sizeable chunk of my trip dharamsala is notable for being the home of the dalai lama and where large numbers of tibetans call home after sadly being exiled from their own country over the last half century a long twisty drive on a bus from chandigarh through the smoggy fields read more shonak nathwani june 27 2023 19 min read comfortably uncomfortable my latest adventure through india here we go again i ve been on another long adventure it s been a special journey that i feel incredibly fortunate to have undertaken i told myself in the summer of 2022 that this was a winter i wasn t to spend at home the bleak lockdowns during the previous two winters and general robotic routine of working from home had caught up with me i d been read more shonak nathwani april 30 2023 1 min read run shonak run my journey preparing for a marathon running for the first time during the first covid lockdown proved to be transformative to my physical fitness it became a staple in my weekly exercise routine in fact i can t recall skipping a week in over a year the rush and high at the end became quite addictive i was quite content running my weekly 5k 10ks quietly setting a new personal best week read more shonak nathwani january 1 2023 15 min read looking up under lockdown keeping spirits high during these strange times yikes over a year without writing a blog post rest assured i m still alive and well and i hope you are too it s probably the understatement of the year to say that life for us all has changed markedly over the past few months it s like we re all stuck in a holding pattern our lives seemingly on pause with lots of whispers of this being read more shonak nathwani december 14 2020 14 min read samboja lestari giving a helping hand to some friends in borneo those who know me well often groan when i subject them to my frequent ramblings about orangutans as i ve remarked on this blog before i ve long had a fascination with the human like tendencies of these great apes back in october 2019 i embarked on a two week volunteering experience in borneo it was an action packed trip so brace yourself this post is a long one read more shonak nathwani december 22 2019 24 min read a rustic retreat research and relaxation in bali back in october i jetted off yet again to south east asia for a month long combined holiday volunteering and business trip across indonesia and singapore little did i know with the coronavirus raging across the world this was to be my last overseas trip for some time to come here s a recap of the first part of my trip as i visited the volcanic island of bali read more shonak nathwani december 1 2019 10 min read rewilding dundreggan joining trees for life on a conservation week in scotland the state of earth s forests has been of growing concern to me over the past few years as the planet warms from the impacts of climate change forests are our greatest natural weapon to counter rising carbon emissions and help us adapt to more volatile temperatures not to mention they are home to over half of the earth s biodiversity and wildlife while the causes and rate of deforestation across the amazon read more shonak nathwani december 28 2018 19 min read turning the tide success in my fight against single use plastics we ve been inundated this year about the impact of plastic pollution to the environment whether it s images of sea creatures trapped in throwaway plastic containers or once pristine beaches now overcome with mountains of waste it s hard not to feel a sense of anger at the devastation that our wasteful society is inflicting on the natural world as i ve become aware of the plastics crisis read more shonak nathwani october 13 2018 9 min read next facebook linkedin 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