Travel needs to be documented. However brief or long, planned or sudden, distant or closer to home, no experience can be a substitute for leaving your comfort zone and surrendering yourself to the unknown. Travelogues have done it for ages, and more recently, blogs and Instagram pictures have become the preferred choice for recording memories. But how about a lecture, which though rooted in personal experiences, takes you on a historical and geo-political journey to a land far, far away?

Smitha V Crishna and Vijay Crishna in Moscow