Gokoulane Ravi

Day 3 – 11th Sep 2021 It’s already been a couple of months since I wrote the Part 1 post on this trip, and it’s high time to complete this series before this year ends. My mind voice be like, isn’t it too much to term a couple of blog posts as a series and all. But who cares. Despite a tiring day, long night, and a ton of food last night, we woke up a bit early for the day. Undoubtedly, the…

As I promised in the last blog post, this blog post is about another best thing that happened this September, apart from the Hyderabad trip. Also, as I mentioned, I am writing this after completing a significant milestone, and it’s something that I have wanted to do for a long time. I hear you screaming, “Enough of the build-up,” especially if you are one of my friends whom I spammed enough. So,…

Trip To Remember – HiTech Hyderabad – Part 1

This month turned out to be quite an awesome one for me. A couple of great things happened, and this blog post is strictly about one of them. Of course, I have reserved a dedicated blog for the second one. I think it would be only apt to post about it after crossing some significant milestone (just a lane excuse, sorry lame excuse for being lazy). But, pinky promise. How it started September…

Bansky & Lane – 3 Years of Togetherness

Before two years, I decided to permanently dedicate the August month’s blog post for my Significant Other, Banupriya (aka) Bansky. If you have been regularly following my blog, you must have already guessed the occasion by now. Yes, it’s her birthday and our anniversary today (30th August). https://twitter.com/gokoulane/status/1432189895959740416 With my sincere efforts to gift her something…

Movie Watching – Never Like Before

If procrastination is an Olympic sport, I am sure I would have bagged a medal for my country and make people proud. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. I think it’s better to stop discussing my chances of representing India in the Olympics and dive straight into the topic. With just a couple of hours left for the month to end, I was still contemplating the topic. Somehow, my mind magically…

Me And The Water Lorry #BlogPost

Usually, I tend to publish my blog post at the last hour of the last day of the month. But, this time, being heavily inspired by the short essays of Bragadeesh Prasanna Anna and Karthik Pasupathi Ji, I decided to write one early, a short one from my childhood too. I wonder how many of you have ever seen a Water Tankers. Most of you might have seen it as a part of movie scenes, where people fight…

Here we are, yet another month-end and yet another boring blog post. Thanks to COVID and lockdown for temporarily taking out travel and treks off my life. Things that I love and enjoy writing on. Without these, I have nothing much exciting to write. With a couple of hours left for the day to end, I am just letting my thoughts flow this time. It’s going to be a lot of musings, so if you wanted to…

My Not So Recent Obsession With K-Drama

It’s already the last day of the month, and I really had one hectic and productive week at work. As usual, I am deeply thinking about what to write about, with only a few hours left for the day to end. Two things are quite evident, it seems there is no end to my procrastination, and I have to write something, at least for the sake of writing. So, I finally decided to write about my not so recent…

A Trip Down The Memory Lane – My Favourite Classics

I really wish these months with 31 days lend a day or two to this February. At least I would have got a couple of days more to procrastinate writing my monthly blog post. I planned to pen leisurely something deep over the weekend, but life had other plans. A critical office work held me entirely over the weekend. However, I don’t think that would stop me from continuing my ~8-year long tradition.…

Riding On Privilege – A Lesson From Cycling

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I decided to focus more on my physical and mental health this year. So, as baby steps, I somehow managed to ride 272 km this month. And, that consists of 3 long-distance rides (>55 km). I hope to be more regular and hope it can only get better from here. Cycling being one lonely activity for me, a lot of thoughts at times rush through my brain. It’s due to…

Get Lost 2020, Hello 2021

Here comes my conventional year-end note. I purposefully skipped it last year to not follow a routine. But, this year ended up with a lot of significant twists and turns, and how can I be without thanking such an eventful year. So, here comes the summary of all miseries. Not So Dear 2020, You have been such a disappointment and nothing short of a punch in the gut. It seems it’s not just for me,…

Happy 1st Birthday Iniyaal

Dear Iniyaal,

I hope you are Happy, Smiling, and Healthy.

Similar to the last blog post to you, I am writing this with a little hope that you would read it on your own someday. Also, as you might see, I tend to write about some of the significant moments in my life here in this blog, and today is one such. Yes, today you have completed a whole trip around the Sun for the very first time,…

Little Act Of Kindness

Finally, here comes the most awaited last month of the day. The day all my fans eagerly wait for my monthly blog post. As usual, it’s been quite a hectic month. As usual, the same reason I use to substantiate my laziness and procrastination, as this is going to be yet another quick and not at all dirty post. With just a couple of hours left for the day to end, I am challenging myself to write the…

When I Accidentally Landed On The Moon

It seems 2020 continues to be the worst year, not just for me but for the whole world. Since the beginning of this year, we have lost many famous talents, such as Irfan Kahn, Chadwick Boseman, and Sushant Singh Rajput. Out of all the losses, one felt too personal. And, that’s the demise of the singer S.P.Balasubramaniama.k.a SPB, a few days back. I was really hoping that he would recover soon,…

Bansky & Lane – I Hate You

You must be wondering why I have published the post almost a day ahead of the usual last hour of the last day of the month. Yaay! It’s cos we are celebrating our two years of togetherness today, and it’s Banksy’s birthday too. And, this year is even more special cos it’s our first anniversary that we are celebrating with Iniyaal. Technically, Iniyaal was there last year too, but in her mom’s womb…

Mixture Uncle and The Sales Woman

Though the title might sound scandalous, I just wanted to make it clear at the beginning itself that Mixture Uncle and the Sales Woman have no connection with each other. I am really sorry if you have got deceived by the title and deeply disappointed, this post is just about two recent mutually exclusive events.

Curious Case Of Mixture Uncle

It was a rainy evening, and as usual, we craved…

Eat With Your Eyes

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would clearly notice a trend emerging from the posts across the year. Usually, most of the blog posts would pivot about that one major trip of the year. Then, I fill the rest with life events and some random posts. Now thanks to COVID-19, for disrupting the longstanding trend, and obviously our lives too. With no trip and nothing much happening in my…