March 12, 2009 Astrid Rao

Holi chya poss

  If you ever drive up to Native Place on Holi day be prepared for groups of kids who will stop your car at various points demanding poss – they hold a rope across the road to stop vehicles.  Stop and give them a 10 rupee note and they squeal in excitement – this is [...]

January 12, 2009 Astrid Rao

Fly Lina Fly

Friday saw us get to Shelar in the afternoon. It is always great to fly at Shelar. Meet the kids at the site, enjoy the walk through the fields crushing the foliage underfoot releasing a spicy fragrance that subtly rises up to greet our noses. The grasses on the hillside are now bleached golden while [...]

November 24, 2008 Astrid Rao

Kids want to fly

  Yesterday at the training site there were a couple of little boys barely 9 or 10 years old holding up bed sheets and running full tilt – they had no preconceived notions about flying with the sheets. They have been watching us train here and  have some idea about what one needs to be [...]

November 4, 2008 Astrid Rao

Diwali Week at Native Place

The festival of lights was celebrated in style with oil lamps adding to the warm glow at Native Place. Lamps, Fireworks great food and happy people set the festive mood and students, pilots and house guests all had a wonderful time, away from the noisy firecrackers and pollution in our own little piece of paradise. [...]

May 26, 2008 Astrid Rao

Thum Pas anyone?

    This batch of young students came in from Pune and Mumbaito do the 5 day course. They were treated to cold refreshments at the site thanks to 9 year old Vijay‘s enterprising spirit. Now its not just chai but chilled thum pas (read thumb’s Up) , Pepsi and Miranda are other options available [...]

April 21, 2008 Astrid Rao

Super Sunday Washout

Waking up late on Sunday morning we looked across the lake to see the wind coming in from the east.  Sanjay said it did not look good but the rest of us were seriously hopeful that it would turn. Gokul who had spent the previous afternoon ground handling a new wing was continuing with his [...]

May 20, 2007 Children Paragliding | Nirvana Kids | Paragliding Camps | paragliding india | Paragliding Kamshet | Paragliding Kids Camps Astrid Rao

Nirvana and Paragliding’s Generation Next

All through the summer holidays Sunith Rao practiced with his kiting wing at the site carefully watched over by by father bird Sanjay. It has been a pleasure and a joy to watch him play the kiting game. Who knows how many hours of ground handling he will have under his belt before he is [...]

May 24, 2006 CSR | flying | kamshet | paragliding club kamshet | paragliding in india | Paragliding Kamshet | paragliding school in india Astrid Rao

Speaking of CSR in Paragliding (Corporate Social Responsibility)

Sanjay was waiting at Native place for a group of 70 young spectators between the ages of 7 to 15 from St Catherine’s Home and orphanage in Mumbai who were scheduled to come over for a visual paragliding treat. Siemens had arranged a camp for the children at Lonavala as part of their CSR initiative and we at Nirvana Adventures happily agreed to give the children a peek into the world of free flight