When I tamed the Dragon!!!
Wedged between the Hong Kong Island and the South China Sea, somewhere along the coastline, a mountainous formation runs like the waves...
Girish Rathna
May 8, 20244 min read
Yak!!!
When you are growing in life, in wealth and spirituality, a yak is likely to follow you in the spirit realm. This yak (metaphorical) will...
Girish Rathna
Apr 10, 20244 min read
Deserted!!!
Sinking my fingers deep into the grainy sands of the Arabian Desert, feeling the midday heat on the surface, yet coolness underneath, the...
Girish Rathna
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Hyundai to Green Day!!!
Woke up early one morning, nothing planned, pulled a pair of jeans and a tee, sunglasses to complete the look, picked up my car keys and...
Girish Rathna
Oct 25, 20232 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 30, 20233 min read
Days of yore!!!
Remember, the most morally corrupt, morally nasty and morally vile people are the ones who are quick to demand morality. On the seesaw of...
Girish Rathna
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Man vs. Wild!!!
It all started when I was like 22, watching Discovery Channel on the TV when I saw a man trying to squeeze himself inside a dead camel’s...
Girish Rathna
Jun 7, 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
Mar 15, 20232 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
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Lord Girish Rathna!!!
Did you know? Recently, I legally and officially became a Lord of Scotland? In all virtue of the Universe’s blessing, with a little...
Girish Rathna
Feb 23, 20221 min read
Remember in December...!!!
After enduring one of the most unprecedented years in 2020, the above pics were during my little shopping time on Christmas Eve....
Girish Rathna
Dec 15, 20211 min read
Himalayan Traverse!!! (video)
My latest music video for Himalayan Traverse, released! This is the biggest production I have done for any video so far, and remember...
Girish Rathna
Mar 8, 20211 min read
Remember by Rish Rathna!!!
Remember - Just one word, but powerful enough. Remember music video!!! Let me put it this way. There is a reason Batman (with horns) is...
Girish Rathna
Jan 11, 20211 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
Nov 11, 20202 min read
Metal to Metal!!!
They say the world is full of ‘snakes’. By that, they mean ‘people’ who are wicked. But I wonder if the world is full of them, there got...
Girish Rathna
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Himalayan Traverse!!!
The above pic was taken during one of the most contemplative moments of my traverse in the Himalayas. It was one of those places where I...
Girish Rathna
Jul 22, 20202 min read
Breakfast...!!!
Bored and tired of being curbed indoors for months, I wanted to do something adventurous this weekend. So, I rode my bike far away, found...
Girish Rathna
Jun 28, 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 22, 20201 min read
Grass is greener!!!
My Himalayan adventure was one of those experiences of life, which I could recall again and again. It seems it has left a perpetual mark...
Girish Rathna
Mar 27, 20202 min read
Ok Boomer!!!
This pic was taken during my visit to a beautiful underwater tunnel. Just look at the blessed place I am standing at. An oceanic...
Girish Rathna
Jan 22, 20203 min read
