Tramping the Dusty Roads

Tramping the Dusty Roads

My Worn & Dusty Musings

Why Would You Read Travel Memoirs? Why mine?

Travel journals or memoirs are self-indulgence. Why bother?

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Rajiv Chopra
Jul 04, 2024
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Allow me to start with a few definitions.

Merriam-Webster defines nostalgia as “a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for the return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.”  Does travel writing fall into the category of nostalgia?

Merriam-Webster further describes self-indulgence as “excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's…

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