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@goel.tarun
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I am a thought wandering in the Himalaya. Traveler. Civil Engineer. Reader. Learner
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October 23, 2017
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goel.tarun
Indiaunited
2025-02-01 08:37
My fitness journey January reportcard
So January turned out to be good. I walked 130kilometers. Almost same as January 2024. With summers around the corner, I intend to convert at least 50km into running. So far so good Average step count
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Actifit
2025-01-25 07:47
My 2025 fitness expedition
I walked around 1600 kilometers in 2024. Lost unwanted weight and now I stand, weightwise, exactly where I was in 2022. I expect better things in 2025. I have decided to break down my fitness expedition
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-20 16:30
A stroll down the memory lane - Visiting a lake of dreams
A stroll down the memory lane - Visiting a lake of dreams
A few kilometers from my home lies this beautiful lake which we have seen since childhood. It has remained an integral part of our growing up days. I vividly remember that winters meant cleaning up the
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-18 17:10
A glimpse into Tibetan life through dolls at Losel Doll Museum
A glimpse into Tibetan life theough dolls at Losel Doll Museum
The Chinese invasion of Tibet happened in 1959. Tibetans ran away from their own houses, some ran barefoot and some without any posessions. Many years in exile passed wherein people yearned for their people
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ecency
2025-01-16 09:20
What is my Reputation Score?
On 22 December 2024, my reputation score was 60. It took me 25 days to go from 60 to 61. It took me 9 blog posts to go from 60 to 61. Now ecency is showing my rep score at 61. However, at the same hive
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-15 13:42
A Visit to Temples Submerged in Pong Dam
A Visit to Temples Submerged in Pong Dam
The last time I was here, the landscape looked liked this. These photographs were taken by me in 2013 during my first visit. But that was a decade ago. I thought much would have changed here but not so
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-13 08:20
A Visit to the Jewelled Garden of Dharmshala- Norbulingka Monastery
A Visit to the Jewelled Garden of Dharmshala- Norbulingka Monastery
Norbulingka or Norbu-lingka in Tibetan translates into many phrases in ordinary English. ‘Jewelled Garden’ or a ‘Treasure Garden’ are some of its translations. Norbulingka, unlike many other monasteries
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-12 01:03
Gyuto Monastery - A story of struggle and perseverance
Gyuto Monastery -A story of struggle and perseverance
Traditions die if they are not preserved. And along with them dies the history that teaches us invaluable lessons of faith, courage and perseverance. Tibetans may be living in India since decades but the
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2025-01-10 15:58
A Quiet Place in the Mountains - Living in a farmhouse cottage
A Quiet Place in the Mountains - Living in a farmhouse cottage
Imagine a landscape: a tiny hamlet in the middle of a vast farmland surrounded by trees and running water channels. In the backdrop, you can see a huge mountain wall laden with snow as far as you can see.
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goel.tarun
Reflections
2025-01-07 07:41
We live in a world of chargers
The Terminator told us that we would be living in a world of machines or maybe Robots, I do not remember because Terminator happened years, nay, decades ago. Let me look it up. Damn, it happened 40 years
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Reflections
2024-12-31 15:54
What happened in 2024?
2024 is over. Good fucking riddance I would say because the last few months were really difficult for me. Got severely affected by Common cold throughout November and Decemeber though they should stop
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goel.tarun
Hive Book Club
2024-12-26 08:11
Land Of Seven Rivers - Book Review
Sanjeev Sanyal’s ‘Land of the Seven Rivers’ takes you back in time to the era when River Saraswati wasn’t considered a figment of delusional Indian’s imagination. Sanyal lucidly walks us through the historical
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2024-12-24 02:22
Where’s my tea? - A Citywide hunt in Jaisalmer
Where’s my tea? - A Citywide hunt in Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is an Indian city in the heart of the Thar Desert. While we were camping in the desert, we ran out of fuel and that’s how this citywide tea hunt started. As we broke camp, we realized that we
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2024-12-22 13:06
Gliding above River Beas - A Joyous Gondola Ride
Gliding above River Beas - A Joyous Gondola Ride
“What if it falls?”, that was the first question everyone asked while boarding the gondola cable car. To think of something as scary as this is one thing, to blurt it out in front of strangers is altogether
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goel.tarun
Hive Book Club
2024-12-20 02:38
Seven Years in Tibet - Book Review
Tibet was once a secluded region in the Himalayas. Today it is a completely cut-off country. The very solitude that Tibetans yearned for from the external world turned out to be their worst adversary.
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Reflections
2024-12-13 06:35
From Instagram to Books to Instagram for Books
A couple of months ago, I uninstalled Instagram on my phone. Primarily because it was consuming too much of my time and making me pick phone every now and then. To do what, one may ask? To watch those
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goel.tarun
Worldmappin
2024-12-13 05:19
Greener Pastures
Once upon a time in the Himalayas
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goel.tarun
Hive Book Club
2024-12-10 14:33
Spies in the Himalayas – Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs | Book Review
Americans were planning their first ever K2 expedition in 1974-75 and a team of experienced climbers was chosen to accomplish this insurmountable task. The mission went kaput and a climber who couldn’t
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Hive Book Club
2024-12-08 02:00
Sherpa – The Memoir of Ang Tharkay | Travel Book Review
Ang Tharkay: The Greatest Sherpa Climber of All Times. To be called the G.O.A.T, I believe, you have to achieve something that’s never been done before and can’t be replicated in near future. Your achievement
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Hive Book Club
2024-12-05 23:04
Book Review : Into Thin Air
Unputdownable. That’s what Into Thin Air is. Image Source: Flipkart.com Jon Krakauer, a journalist turned mountaineer on a journey of his life, experiences the glory of summitting the highest peak on Earth.
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