My Travels

Travel diaries from 30+ countries

Rajiv K Poddar has travelled to 30+ countries. These diaries are short first-person notes from each trip — the people, the working culture and the one lesson that came home in the luggage.

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30+Countries
visited

5Continents
explored

3Diaries
published

40+Years of business
experience

Every country answers the same four questions differently. Travelling is how you collect the answers.
Rajiv K Poddar

Featured diary

Kenya: the wild still sets the pace in the Maasai Mara

From the first morning out of camp, the Maasai Mara ran on its own clock. Golden grassland to the horizon, elephants crossing the track at their own speed, and the Big Five living exactly as they did before any of us arrived.

What stayed with me was not only the wildlife but the Maasai themselves: proud, warm and unhurried. Kenya's raw beauty and the humility of its people left a deeper mark on me than any city skyline has.

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The diaries

Three trips, three lessons

One diary per destination, filtered by region. Each one ends with the single thing that trip changed .

Kenya · Africa

The wild still sets the pace in the Maasai Mara

The savannah runs on its own clock. Slow down to it and it shows you everything.

United States · Americas

From New York to Duke University in four stops

Every country teaches you something new. America teaches you to think at scale.

China · Asia

When the boss carries your luggage

In China the host serves the guest personally, ten times out of ten. Respect is shown in action, not in words.

Questions

Frequently asked questions about the travels

How many countries has Rajiv K Poddar visited?

He has travelled to 30+ countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Oceania. Each diary on this page covers one destination and the single lesson it left behind.

What are the travel diaries?

They are short first-person pieces written after each trip — what he saw, who he met and what it changed about the way he works. They are deliberately about people rather than itineraries.

Which destination stands out most?

Japan, for the way ordinary work is treated as a craft. That idea shows up repeatedly in how the businesses are run.

Does he travel for business or for pleasure?

Both, and usually in the same trip. Global partnerships take him to a country; curiosity keeps him there an extra two days.

How often are new diaries published?

A new diary is published after each significant trip, roughly once a month.

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