by Susan Jagannath | Dec 27, 2023 | Adventures, Bestsellers, Books, Camino, Faith, Places, Travel, Walking
Weaving the lessons and gifts of the Camino de Invierno into the context of Hindu iconography and spirituality, especially that of Arya Samaj, requires drawing parallels between the core principles and spiritual quests in both traditions. Arya Samaj, with its emphasis...
by Susan Jagannath | Dec 27, 2023 | Adventures, Christmas, Places, Travel
Christmas is really about journeys, of all sorts. And for those of a literal bent, and a military brat background, it meant real journeys, but most of those were “postings”, when Dad was transferred from one end of India to another. Except this one –...
by Susan Jagannath | Apr 27, 2023 | Places, Sticky, Writing
Any journey book or movie gets me .. so I watched The Last Bus last evening. I was watching as it certainly ticks the journey genre that I love – but there was a surprise in it…yesterday was Anzac Day, a day to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand...
by Susan Jagannath | Jul 26, 2022 | Bestsellers, Books, Camino, Places, Self-publishing, Spain, Sticky, Travel, Walks, Writing
It’s LIVE – The sixth edition of my very first book! Amazon managed to squeeze in my Camino book update at the last minute of the feast day… My book is updated to 2022. Usually, I dont have much trouble updating the book. In fact in the run up...
by Susan Jagannath | Aug 17, 2021 | Adventures, Himalayas, Places, Self-publishing, Travel, Writing
The Kabuliwallahs on the Pilgrim Path The trouble with travel and pilgrimage is that you meet people who challenge your stereotypical assumptions – and then the world changes and you worry again. This is the path to Hemkund, a Sikh pilgrimage hike high in the...
by Susan Jagannath | Jul 28, 2021 | Adventures, Places, Self-publishing, Writing
Happy Birthday Beatrix Potter! Much of the Lakes District is packed with Potter Mania, and that’s not Harry Potter, but Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved Peter Rabbit and other stories set in idyllic countrysides that she both wrote and sketched in...