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Small Bags. Big Wishes

January 11, 2019ByteSizebelief, beliefs, blogger, Blogging, destinations, devotion, energy, God, Home, hope, indulge, instapassport, instatravel, journeys, latergram, Life, Love, momentsofmine, opportunity, People, pilgrim, Roadtrip, sea, skyline, traveladdict, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, wanderlust, wonder

Small bags, bright with turmeric, jingling with bangles, dance in the morning breeze. Tied to a tree, they catch the first rays of the sun—fluttering, whispering, waiting.

Each knot holds a wish. Each thread, a quiet prayer. A mother’s hope, a daughter’s dream, a whispered plea for health, love, or a future yet unseen.

In rural Tamil Nadu, faith isn’t just spoken—it is tied, woven, and left to sway with the wind. And as the sun rises, the colours shimmer, as if the universe itself is listening.

(at Thiruchendur, India)

The Lincoln Memorial Steps and a Speech That Changed the World

August 29, 2016ByteSizeabrahamlincoln, blogger, character, culture, destinations, dream, Happiness, History, ihaveadream, instapassport, instatravel, lincolnmemorial, Love, martinlutherking, memorial, Metaphor, peopleoftheworld, skyline, slaves, soul, story, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, USA, visittheusa, wanderlust, washingtondc

On August 28, 1963, standing on these very steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. A speech that didn’t just move America—it shook the world.

These steps have heard many voices, but this one stands out. King spoke not just to commemorate Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which freed millions of slaves, but to remind the world that freedom and justice are always unfinished work.

Some steps are just steps. Others lift humanity higher.

This is one such place.

Skyline Illusions: San Francisco’s Double Act

August 17, 2016ByteSizeblogger, Blogging, character, culture, destinations, Happiness, instapassport, instatravel, Life, Love, Metaphor, ordinary, peopleoftheworld, sanfransisco, skyline, soul, story, traveladdict, travelblogger, travelinsights, traveller, traveltheworld, USA, visittheusa, wanderlust

A city’s skyline can feel like a carbon copy of ambition—jagged concrete dreams reaching upward, standing in silent competition. From afar, they all seem the same.

But look closer. No two skylines are alike. The details whisper—the polished glass facades, the murmurs in the air, the street music shaping the mood. These are the signatures of a city, the pulse beneath the architecture.

San Francisco’s skyline plays a game. Business-like. No-nonsense. A stiff upper lip. But let the Pacific breeze brush past you, step beyond the steel towers, and descend into the valleys of the city—that’s when the façade fades. The real San Francisco isn’t just in its skyline. It’s in the hills, the streets, the unexpected turns.

Some cities invite you in. San Francisco? It teases, then surprises.

November 29, 2015UncategorizedArchitecture, archives, belgium, blogger, bruges, design, europe, memory, skyline, style, Travel, travelblogging, traveler

I talk ‘design’ quite a bit these days. When people ask what I have been smoking, can’t help thinking of these wonderful skyline of #Bruges
#Belgium #Europe #Memory #archives #design #style #architecture #skyline #travelblogging #traveler #travel #Blogger (at Bruges Canal)

November 9, 2015Uncategorizedblog, blogger, cranes, Development, History, London, progress, skyline, skyscrappers, Travel, travelblogger, traveldiaries

The skyline of #London is not all about history. There are many spikes into the sky. The past, the present and the future all seem to stand on extra limb to shoot darts into the sky!

#Travel #Blog #Blogger #skyline #cranes #progress #development #History #skyscrappers #traveldiaries #travelblogger