Girish Rathna
Aug 30, 20233 min read
Monkey Business!!!
If you want to uncover, you have to go undercover. So it seems, that if you want to understand ‘monkey business’, you have to act like a...
Girish Rathna
Aug 9, 20233 min read
The Mona’s Couple!!!
Mysteries surrounding ancient history have always fascinated me. And in recent times I have cultivated this new habit of studying ancient...
Girish Rathna
Jul 12, 20236 min read
Creative-Bridge!!!
The above pic was that ‘now’ moment when I took the picture on my camera seconds before forwarding my foot to step on the iconic...
Girish Rathna
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Kneel on seabed!!!
Sailing away from the shore, just a GPS to track our location at sea, with a professional team of divers and one sailor, the above pic...
Girish Rathna
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Finding Yeti…!!!
Setting the timer on my Canon EOS, letting it sit haphazardly on the frozen earth at ground level, no tripod, no camera man, no pro zoom...
Girish Rathna
Jun 29, 20221 min read
Queen’s seat!!!
Wonderfully engineered and crafted with red sandstone, I am short of words to express this ancient structure’s magnificence. Yet, I can...
Girish Rathna
Jan 22, 20211 min read
2019 & 2020 from space!!!
To be able to take live pictures of space and the planet on my tablet pc – now that’s one of the things I expect ‘technology’ to do if...
Girish Rathna
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Arrival!!!
The Universe is roughly 14 billion years old. Our Sun is around 4.6 billion years old. Our home planet Earth is like 4.5 billion years...
Girish Rathna
Oct 12, 20203 min read
It's a Wonderful Lie!!!
The problem with lies in movies is not those few hours you have to bear it while watching, but it’s that brainwashing you may have to...
Girish Rathna
Apr 22, 20201 min read
Alkaloids... the cure???
Plants evolve and develop chemicals to protect themselves against predators. These natural active compounds, such as alkaloids and...
Girish Rathna
Apr 10, 20201 min read
Story continues!!!
Story continues, when everything else is at a standstill. New blog post!!! Blessed Post
Girish Rathna
Feb 12, 20201 min read
A sail that is in place…!!!
If the epithet – “life is indeed a movie” is true, then there are some pretty great ‘scenes’ when I travel. Visiting Burj Al Arab...
Girish Rathna
Oct 9, 20191 min read
The concept of penKcil t-shirt!!!
The very concept of the ‘Penkcil Fashion’ was born when I was casually shopping for one of my favorite designer brands. Although it’s a...
Girish Rathna
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Hard Rock at the Taj Mahal...!!!
Although the above pic may seem like a regular ‘tourist photo’ taken at the Taj Mahal, this one has an intense backstory. Travelling in a...
Girish Rathna
Jun 2, 20191 min read
Don’t forget... the Sun is also a star!!!
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. — Unknown I guess that explains all the pissed-off people in the world...
Girish Rathna
Feb 25, 20191 min read
New blog post!!!
One day this world will wake up. The aim is to make certain it’s during sunshine and not long after darkness. – Girish Rathna Blog Post
Girish Rathna
Jan 15, 20191 min read
Traveller!!!
There is a traveller inside everyone; just different purpose. There are four known elements in nature, and I once thought as I decided...
Girish Rathna
Dec 12, 20181 min read
The Ein Stein S.O.S!!!
The current world population is almost 8 billion. If at least half of it can be considered fully literate (4 billion), if half of that...
Girish Rathna
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Beautiful war zone...!!!
I took this pic from the terrace of a house, on my recent trip to an ignored place called Yemen. This was the shortest, fastest and the...
Girish Rathna
Oct 1, 20182 min read
With sticks and stones???
In one of the beginning pages of my second book ‘The Ein Stein S.O.S’ (eighth page to be precise), there is a famous quote printed on it...