Tamanna Mohapatra

This blog piece has been pending since December 2014. I am not sure why. Anyway, it’s finally done and published and I am grateful for...

I was the original author of this post hence posting it here. Since then a editor friend of mine had a go at it to make it a little...

The Grand Canyon, I just found out, is considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world. To me, in addition, it’s one of the 58...

I am from India and within India, from a state called Orissa. Although Orissa is famous for its thousand and one temples, (it’s known in...

Hello everyone and a happy summer to you all! Every time I learn something new that helps clarify some concept or makes me realize the...

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day and the first day I did not have to get up thinking of assignments, required readings, and my...

I am not sure how I first got into my head but early this year, I was determined to visit Havasu falls in Arizona. If you have heard of...

"I could compare my music to white light which contains all colors. Only a prism can divide the colors and make them appear; this prism...

At first these three terms may seem vaguely related but I will try to connect them in a meaningful way as well as show their importance...

Call it a bucket list, things to do before you die or just plain whimsical..whatever the reason, I decided that as someone who loves the...

The title of this blog is my attempt at being creative; a very honest yet lame attempt :-( It all started when I visited the Japan...

SUMASA is the name of the volunteer student organization that’s part of the MS in Sustainability Management at Columbia University (where...

Almost every year; my girl friend Jenny and I get together on both our birthdays or at least either of our birthdays. This year, my...

Hurricane Sandy has done me a favor by keeping me at home and allowing to work on my ‘to do list’ which includes uploading pics from...

NYC is so great; almost all avenues has a beautiful museum tucked away somewhere. This one I had to visit before end of the year because...

I had read about the newly renovated NY Historical Society in the WSJ. This line is what inspired me to visit it as part of my NY museum...

I know at first, it doesn’t look like Iceland has much to do with green and environment, but, contrary to popular belief; Iceland is very...

Hidden in the upper east (at least to my eyes) is a jewel of a museum.  I pride myself to being a very secular person even though I have...

The New York Botanical Garden ( NYBG ) is one of the premier botanical gardens in the United States , located in the Bronx in New York...

I live in NYC now. It’s a wonderful city and if you haven’t seen the rest of the world or have no desire to do so..this city can really...