Sauvik Biswas

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Day 1: From Bangalore to Rishikesh

Print This Post December 2, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas 3 Comments

Commotion of Bangalore to the Silence of Jolly Grant One of the toughest things to do is to actually escape Bangalore on any day that is not a Sunday or a public holiday—something that I have experienced innumerable times and have become well accustomed to. After a few failed attempts at booking an airport taxi, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Jolly Grant, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand trip '17

Hiking the Kumar Parvat trail

Print This Post November 29, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

I was invited by my bandmates Korak and Shounak to join their gang from IISc for this trek. An upcoming trip of mine demands considerable fitness. I took up this opportunity to prepare a bit for the trip and test out few of my gears. Other than Korak and Shounak, I had the company of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Beedahalli, Gaddigere, Kukke Subramanya, Kumar Parvat, Pushpagiri, Trekking

Day 4: Ambalpady, Anegudde, Kollur and Murdeshwara

Print This Post November 16, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

There was nothing else to do in Udupi. In order to utilise the entire day, I had asked our hotel to arrange for a cab at 8:00 in the morning. However, the cab wasn’t ready until 9:00. We decided to finish our breakfast in Udupi before checking-out and leaving. A nice Udupi style breakfast joint … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Ambalpady, Anegudde, Kollur, Mangalore-Udupi trip '17, Mookambika, Murdeshwara

Day 3: Udupi

Print This Post November 9, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

From Mangalore to Udupi The Saturday following Diwali was Bhai-Duj. My sister was ecstatic — it has been about ten years that I haven’t been with her on this occasion. We did the usual ritual in our hotel room at Mangalore. Custom dictates that we both eat something sweet afterwards. To our dismay, even at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Beach, Malpe, Mangalore-Udupi trip '17, St. Mary's Island, Udupi

Day 1-2: In and around Mangalore

Print This Post November 8, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

This time for our trip (it has almost become an annual ritual), we took an overnight bus from Bangalore to Mangalore. I was warned by the regular electrician at our apartment that the road would be bumpy. (He lives in northern part of Kerala and frequently commutes via Mangalore.) I had no choice. Although I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Travel Tagged: Beach, ice cream, Mangalore, Mangalore-Udupi trip '17, Pabbas, Tannirbhavi

My first brevet – a 200 km BRM

Print This Post November 4, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

Sumeet Singh Manglotra, a colleague of mine had recently obtained a road bike and was getting into long distance rides. He kind of tagged me along when he registered for the first brevet of the season. We did our usual Kolar route before and he was pretty comfortable with centuries. On the other hand, my … [Read more…]

Posted in: Biking / Cycling Tagged: brevet, BRM, Chikaballapur, Chintamani, Kolar

I played a show after four-and-a-half years

Print This Post September 15, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

A few months ago, Korak introduced us to a new guitarist, Shounak, and a new bassist, Sricharan. This rekindled our desire to play shows again. Our opportunity came via blueFROG Bangalore, who agreed to host us. We had to settle for a Thursday due to non-availability of weekend slots. I had to carry a lot of equipments. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Music Tagged: blueFROG, Dark Project, live show

My guitar needed some love (and some new strings)

Print This Post August 12, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas Leave a Comment

The last show that I had played was about four years ago. Back when I was regularly playing on stage, I used to change my strings once a month. Ever since I stopped playing on stage, I did not change my strings. The four-year old strings had become rusty and had lost almost all of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Music Tagged: changing strings, guitar

Disappointed with Amazon India’s A-to-Z guarantee team

Print This Post July 25, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas 2 Comments

Update: I got my refund. But the hassle has shaken my belief in Amazon’s system. A long and painful case history Let me start with a super-short version of the order. I had ordered a book from a seller who was covered by Amazon’s A-to-Z buyer’s guarantee. It was supposed to reach me by 13th … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Amazon, Customer Support

If you are buying from Decathlon India, don’t expect outstanding customer support

Print This Post July 6, 2017 by Sauvik Biswas 1 Comment

Update: Decathlon took back the shoes and I got a replacement. Read the last section. On December 6th, 2016, I bought a pair of Kalenji shoes from Decathlon to replace my regular shoes. This was the third time I had bought a Kalenji shoe. I was pretty happy with the older ones – they had … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Customer Support, Decathlon
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