Lists

Books I've read and places I've visited.

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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

Aravind Jayan

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

Mendelssohn is on the Roof

Jiří Weil

Sourdough

Robin Sloan

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

2025

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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors

Aravind Jayan

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

Satoshi Yagisawa

Butter

Asako Yuzuki

Mendelssohn is on the Roof

Jiří Weil

Sourdough

Robin Sloan

Cleopatra and Frankenstein

Coco Mellors

2025

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1999 – present

Andhra Pradesh/Telangana – Hyderabad

Bihar – Barauni, Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Patna

Chhattisgarh – Raipur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Silvassa

Delhi NCR

Goa

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Vapi, Surat

Karnataka – Bangalore, Hampi, Mangalore, Manipal, Mulki, Mysore, Udupi

Kerala – Alappuzha, Kochi, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar, Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh – Indore

Maharashtra – Alibag, Bhandardara, Kashid, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune, Shirdi

Rajasthan – Jaipur

Sikkim – Gangtok

Tamil Nadu – Kanyakumari, Madurai, Rameswaram

Uttar Pradesh – Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mathura

Uttarakhand – Auli, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Maletha, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi

West Bengal – Darjeeling, Kolkata, Raichak

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1999 – present

Andhra Pradesh/Telangana – Hyderabad

Bihar – Barauni, Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Patna

Chhattisgarh – Raipur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Silvassa

Delhi NCR

Goa

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Vapi, Surat

Karnataka – Bangalore, Hampi, Mangalore, Manipal, Mulki, Mysore, Udupi

Kerala – Alappuzha, Kochi, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar, Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh – Indore

Maharashtra – Alibag, Bhandardara, Kashid, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune, Shirdi

Rajasthan – Jaipur

Sikkim – Gangtok

Tamil Nadu – Kanyakumari, Madurai, Rameswaram

Uttar Pradesh – Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mathura

Uttarakhand – Auli, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Maletha, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi

West Bengal – Darjeeling, Kolkata, Raichak

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1999 – present

Andhra Pradesh/Telangana – Hyderabad

Bihar – Barauni, Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Patna

Chhattisgarh – Raipur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Silvassa

Delhi NCR

Goa

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Vapi, Surat

Karnataka – Bangalore, Hampi, Mangalore, Manipal, Mulki, Mysore, Udupi

Kerala – Alappuzha, Kochi, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar, Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh – Indore

Maharashtra – Alibag, Bhandardara, Kashid, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune, Shirdi

Rajasthan – Jaipur

Sikkim – Gangtok

Tamil Nadu – Kanyakumari, Madurai, Rameswaram

Uttar Pradesh – Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mathura

Uttarakhand – Auli, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Maletha, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi

West Bengal – Darjeeling, Kolkata, Raichak

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1999 – present

Andhra Pradesh/Telangana – Hyderabad

Bihar – Barauni, Bodh Gaya, Nalanda, Patna

Chhattisgarh – Raipur

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu – Silvassa

Delhi NCR

Goa

Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Vapi, Surat

Karnataka – Bangalore, Hampi, Mangalore, Manipal, Mulki, Mysore, Udupi

Kerala – Alappuzha, Kochi, Kovalam, Kumarakom, Munnar, Thiruvananthapuram

Madhya Pradesh – Indore

Maharashtra – Alibag, Bhandardara, Kashid, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar, Mumbai, Nasik, Pune, Shirdi

Rajasthan – Jaipur

Sikkim – Gangtok

Tamil Nadu – Kanyakumari, Madurai, Rameswaram

Uttar Pradesh – Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Mathura

Uttarakhand – Auli, Chamoli, Dehradun, Haridwar, Maletha, Mussoorie, Rishikesh, Rudraprayag, Uttarkashi

West Bengal – Darjeeling, Kolkata, Raichak

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Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Paris

2002

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Kamakura, Kyoto, Osaka, Tokyo

2025

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Birgunj, Kathmandu, Lumbini, Siddharthanagar

multiple visits

🇳🇱

Amsterdam

2002

🇵🇱

Warsaw

2025

Kraków

2020

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Singapore

2018

🇸🇰

Tatranská Lomnica

2020

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Interlaken, Zürich

2002

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Cappadocia, Fethiye, İstanbul, Ölüdeniz

2019

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Dubai

2002

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London

2002

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Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Erie, New York City, Ocean City, Pittsburgh, Princeton, San Francisco, San Jose, Shenandoah National Park, Washington D.C.

2021 – 24

Cupertino, Princeton, San Jose

2018

Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Poconos, Princeton, Washington D.C.

2015

Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C.

2007

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