Hemant Soreng's Blog

Dayara Bugyal Trek: Confessions of a Spoilt Trekker

Incessant snowing in the last four hours. Climbing alone in this knee deep snow with 75 degree incline all the way to the distant peak. Heavy load on my back. Worsening weather.

Perils of a lone trekker? Maybe.

For me this is what really happened (well almost)…

Day 1: 10^th April More >

Kewl Kathmandu

Kathmandu, April 2011. We landed in Kathmandu as wannabe mountaineers aiming to achieve the ambitious goal of reaching the Everest Base Camp (EBC). We were not alone as the chaotic Kathmandu airport was full of genuine mountaineers and trekkers in search of high altitude adrenaline. As the three of us More >

Pindari Glacier Trek: In the beautiful Kumaon Hills

Kumaon, May 2007. After having done short duration weekend treks and mainly in low altitude (read around Mumbai and Bangalore) I was yearning for trekking in the Himalayas. I also hated the fact that while living in Delhi for so long I have not trekked in the neighbourly hills of More >

Hutch Half Marathon 2005: Delhi’s 1st, My 2nd

Discovered this post from my (old) blog, which I had forgotten to integrate with this (new) blog. Even though this inaugural Half-Marathon event in Delhi (now with a new sponsor – Airtel) happened more than six years ago, the experience is as fresh as ever and the memory grows More >

In Bruges

‘In Bruges? What the fun!’ An astonished Colin Farrell cries out in the movie “In Bruges” or something similar to that effect. (Keeping in mind the tone of the post I have taken the liberty of replacing the four lettered commonly used expletive starting with “F” and ending with “K” More >

North by North-East: Trip to Nagaland, Assam & Meghalaya

“Take me down to the paradise (city) where the grass is green and the girls are pretty….” – Paradise City by Guns N’ Roses

As the similar genre of rock music reverberates popularly throughout the region, these lyrics reflect this beautiful reality known as the North East India. For me More >

A Desi in Paris: 25 Places to Explore

Exploring 25 places in Paris with A Desi

A view of this amazingly beautiful city of Paris through the eyes of A Desi, a fumbling and bumbling simpleton.

So, PB has been working in Paris and is now literally, a Parisian in the matters of style, fashion, demeanour and all More >

Running an Ultra Marathon: My first 50 km at Bangalore Ultra 2011

‘Why do you run?’

Somebody had asked me this question with genuine curiosity and shock (and NOT in awe and appreciation as I had hoped for) around the time I had started running seriously and had just finished my first half-marathon in 2005.

‘I enjoy running.’

I replied unconvincingly More >

And Nothing Else Matters

Metallica rock concert at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. 30th Oct 2011.

Bangalore. The D-Day finally arrived as the Master Of Puppets landed in Bangalore. After the huge fiasco in Gurgaon where the organizers and crowds provoked St. Anger in the heavy metal band and crew, the show was cancelled. A More >

Thousands protest as SRK (G.One) gives the slip

By the AUTHOR in collaboration with various news agencies.

Mumbai. Hundreds of thousands gathered around the world in various cities protesting against G.One’s superhero costume or rather the lack of it in the form of the customary “chaddi” or the “underwear” as the English speaking population would like to More >