The Monks Who Laughed When Bumblebee Stung Me: Discovering the Self through Chance Encounters

<b>Sumaa Tekur</b> is a bestselling author and editor with stints in publications like <i>The Times of India</i> <i>Deccan Herald</i> <i>Femina</i> and <i>DNA</i>. She holds two master’s degrees in journalism and was awarded the Commonwealth Press Union Fellowship in 2005. Sumaa lives in Bengaluru with her books paints and canvases lamps and drums. Her solitude is shared only with the mango tree next to her window her stable all-weather companion. This is her third book. <b>Jet-set and elevate your spirit with the adventures of a solo woman explorer's offbeat odyssey!</b><br><br>Embark on an exploration of our wonderful planet with <b>Sumaa</b> an intrepid Indian solo traveller with an insatiable curiosity. Ride carefree on Cambodia’s bamboo train bite into Napoli pizza hike up Sapa Valley’s lush greenery and sigh at the expanse of Russia’s Lake Baikal. The landscapes unfold transporting you to distant realms. Yet it is the transformative encounters with strangers on the road that hold the irresistible allure in Sumaa’s tales.<br><br><b><i>The Monks Who Laughed When the Bumblebee Stung Me</i></b> defies the conventions of typical travel literature offering generous peeks into the mind of a solo traveller who repeatedly challenges and then breaks patriarchal rules. Sumaa’s narrative unveils both exotic vistas and short-term companions of the road that crack open the heart’s deepest secluded corners while holding out a slice of home.<br><br>A beacon of inspiration this book urges you to transcend real and imaginary boundaries embrace the path’s unpredictability and claim your space on this vast lonely planet.<br><br>‘The most motivational travel read since the <i>Lonely Planet</i> was invented.’<br>—Zac O’Yeah author of <i>A Walk Through Barygaza</i> and <i>Digesting India</i>