<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Tanned Brown Girl]]></title><description><![CDATA[tannedbrowngirl]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:24:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/hi/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Last-Chance Guide to Kochi Biennale '26]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the Kochi Biennale winding down on March 31 '26, this is a quick, one-day way to take it all in -without trying to do everything and missing the point.]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/last-chance-guide-to-a-kochi-biennale-2026-quickie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c31d2ad67c72d7ecb9070c</guid><category><![CDATA[Kerala]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Event]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:57:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_4536ec096a814226b6db04918034cd4b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kochi Muziris Biennale 2025 and the hidden cost behind “Can you bring the cost down?”]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) began in 2012, the artist-led non-profit Kochi Biennale foundation chose decaying warehouses in Fort Kochi to host India’s first large-scale contemporary art bi-annual. Aspinwall House has been its primary site, Five acres of ageing ignored infrastructure until artists imagined what it could be. Wading through knee-deep water to confront refugee trauma, listening to exiled poets whisper from inside a vast pyramid tomb, consuming forgotten rice varieties as...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/kochi-muziris-biennale-2025-and-the-hidden-cost-behind-can-you-bring-the-cost-down</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695028c64e106942d11bf15c</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:46:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_c6f86cb2d97043d3ae1d19c651bc81a9~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Hold Your Drink]]></title><description><![CDATA[A practical guide for those infrequent Filter Coffee drinkers Filter Coffee is a staple in South of India especially Karnataka and Tamil...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/how-to-hold-your-drink</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6894f2f2a596a5e1f9f87814</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:42:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_c2cf278867854ff597bf695dd550697d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stranger with smilefection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Early morning, on my way to the swimming pool, I was at the standard Red signal. Waiting at the junction I typically use the 40second...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/stranger-with-smilefection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66599d2a985c360c18072f1c</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 10:08:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_b8ba413876b94cefb0bd9538d29a3ce0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MASQUE's 10-course Tasting Menu: An ode to rudimentary Indian ingredients on an urban platter]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than a decade ago, Jiggs Kalra popularised set menus with Indian food and I remember being very impressed with the experimentation,...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/masque-s-10-course-tasting-menu-an-ode-to-rudimentary-indian-ingredients-on-an-urban-platter</link><guid isPermaLink="false">649183e20d53f610fc0a6525</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_717f099d4ca8420dae5a46335ae40301~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_978,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[EAT, PLAY, LOAF: The Mumbai Reunion]]></title><description><![CDATA[5 classmates exploring Mumbai after 25 years since college for 3 days and mostly no nights Malini. Priyanka. Pallavi. Divya. Kunj. We...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/eat-play-loaf-the-mumbai-reunion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">645b7ba57e43e939b5ddaf10</guid><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eat]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2023 11:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_8c6a21f619ff477e9ad904795d5f0355~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOMOSEXUALITY AMONG LIONS?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems that the animal kingdom tolerates all kinds of lifestyle, including homosexual, bisexual and non-reproductive sex.]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/homosexuality-among-lions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1e84f85a9ee00017520573</guid><category><![CDATA[It happened to me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:26:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_77e293ed0e174b13b07663c7f13003ff~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A WILD LIFE SAFARI ON FOOT]]></title><description><![CDATA[No guide. No jeep. No map. Imagine a flat, cracked land extending from one end of the horizon to the other. That’s the Wild Ass Sanctuary,]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/a-wild-life-safari-on-foot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f0ecff0c483900017a297b0</guid><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[It happened to me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:24:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_47bcc14087e548f6a28327a09fc8bdf8~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a lion roared in my face]]></title><description><![CDATA[Burning eyes, bare teeth, pink tongue, wide open mouth, and a glimpse of the epiglottis even. A full blast of the roar fired straight to my ]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/when-a-lion-roared-in-my-face</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ef377ae0d501a0017151bdd</guid><category><![CDATA[It happened to me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 16:36:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_8d61f83865834a0ea1b412a30ebe0096~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello from an Elephant]]></title><description><![CDATA[They could see me observing them. I felt their eyes on me sometime, yet they went about their morning business, a deadline to catch, I suppo]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/hello-from-an-elephant</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ee7470bfb9a2600189fed72</guid><category><![CDATA[It happened to me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:35:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_ce633a02dc824d848920cf97b170b535~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following a turtle in the Andaman waters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unaware of my presence, it appeared be purposefully headed to work, bagpack on its back, trying not to be late.]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/following-a-turtle-in-the-andaman-waters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ee33247d03aa5001760e6a7</guid><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[It happened to me]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beach]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_25363777bec6468dbdf6b481a14f3ff1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast interview: Guest on COFFEE BY TWO]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extracts from host Pawan's blog “I was a writer and I didn’t feel like writing.” A lot of life is just a story. We tell ourselves stories...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/in-coffee-by-two</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dfb251bdf43ff001711e8c4</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 11:21:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_ad9f81f1c996499e9f2bcf24c77925d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Street Art of Hong Kong]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Central Town District, walls, stairs, roads and entire buildings even, become a canvas for artists. Edgy and riveting, they are, a precur]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/street-art-of-hong-kong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e3a96877fba7e0017399896</guid><category><![CDATA[Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guide]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 09:55:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_65e9bee5374843f3945f4bb1b1b38c75~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The making of Nolen Gur or Date Palm Jaggery, a winter treat of Bengal]]></title><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/the-making-of-nolen-gur-or-date-palm-jaggery-a-winter-treat-of-bengal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e1c70fe602f0000172b3792</guid><category><![CDATA[Eat]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kolkata]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:57:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_c17d73aa128046ef8df28f9e416bf38c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to trust a stranger]]></title><description><![CDATA[An encounter with Jeff in Central Park, New York, made me comprehend why I trust strangers. And, when I decide to trust them. “Are you...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/how-to-trust-a-stranger</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5dc9e0087f67aa00173577bc</guid><category><![CDATA[USA]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:13:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_45240eed05a64e28abb9d9af1c5bdb36~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_619,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe: 20 Essential, Free, Must-pack Apps]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get your mobile phone Europe-ready, with apps that will make your travel infinitely easier and more enjoyable.]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/europe-20-essential-free-must-pack-apps</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cf0a949598aa80015b87bf9</guid><category><![CDATA[Solo travel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guide]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 05:17:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_0893b3ff38f0467e88eefcd7197cc9fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_628,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIRST SOLO TRAVEL: 10 things to know before you go]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solo travel can be exhilarating and life-changing. And, also, daunting. Here's how to take that first step. 1.  Travel solo only if you...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/first-solo-travel-10-things-to-know-before-you-go</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cc1fbca165d490015d488f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Solo travel]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 20:27:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_bdfb1fdb26224a7282bc0a72ca46750c~mv2_d_2478_1440_s_2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short travel you just can’t miss this year – To your polling booth]]></title><description><![CDATA[I went to the polling booth only to be told that my vote was already cast. Here’s my theory on why it happened. On 18thApril 2019, I made...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/a-short-travel-you-just-can-t-miss-this-year-to-your-polling-booth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5cbdb23c8e43a3001597035b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:33:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_08fc41e7f1eb4f1096fa4c8afda13971~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_630,h_405,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monumental Cemetery - Milan’s unlikely art gallery]]></title><description><![CDATA[A graveyard in Milan, Italy that, ironically, brings to life the beauty in sorrow and peace. Italy is the birthplace of Renaissance....]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/monumental-cemetery-milan-s-unlikely-art-gallery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c9f5e94e5611a001588ed81</guid><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Art]]></category><category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2019 11:13:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_662b7bff4ac941a89e19c4f1fc980596~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_612,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wife-buyer at Pushkar]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the largest camel fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, a local and a foreigner truly sit at the opposite ends of the world in their thoughts...]]></description><link>https://www.tannedbrowngirl.net/post/the-wife-buyer-at-pushkar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c8ec3a56a9512001cd09888</guid><category><![CDATA[People]]></category><category><![CDATA[India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Solo travel]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/32626d_74f0eb927f944de0b6b890c651cd3c05~mv2_d_4896_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kunj Shah</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>