I am Razzaq. I work as a Corporate Energy Manager in a Municipality. I love travelling, reading books and blogging about both. I am also a big fan of Victorian era Gothic horror both books and movies.
I have been blogging for the last 15 years. It all started when, during the carefree days after my 12th class in 2008, my brother Aziz introduced me to the concept of blogging. I created a blog to write about my group of friends and the stuff we used to do together. When I moved to Hyderabad, India for my Bachelors in Engineering I started a second blog where I posted about the heritage structures of Hyderabad. In my third year of engineering I started a third blog where I blogged about my travel experiences. Then after I got a job I started a personal blog to write about anything which did not fall into any of the 3 categories of my 3 blogs. Over the years only 2 have remained active and I have now combined all of them together into this current avatar.
Some of the highlights of my Blogging journey so far:
- In 2021, one of my blog posts about a dilapidated stepwell in a village in Telangana, India led to its restoration which was completed in 2024 and I was invited as a guest for the inauguration ceremony.
- I was featured in Episode 8 of the podcast The Musafir Stories about my trek to Roopkund Lake.
- I was featured in ”The Ultimate List of the Top Travel Bloggers in India” by Holidify (2015)
https://www.holidify.com/pages/top-travel-bloggers-india-1683.html - Three of my photos were featured in the newspaper Times of India Raipur Edition. (2016)
- Lonely Planet Pathfinder
It was always my wish to be associated with Lonely Planet in someway. Finally, I became an official member of Lonely Planet’s Pathfinder program for Bloggers. (2017) - Thomas Cook invited me to write an article for them. (2017)
https://blog.thomascook.in/5-reasons-why-druk-path-trek-in-bhutan-should-be-on-your-wish-list/?fbclid=IwAR3Ts9HcLt7ysHUn8ICcpk6C_GMzJnCsdiZzZNwOWpHfNoB4ziaJZ7LyAx0 - My pic of a Heritage Building was featured in the newspaper ”Hans India” (2018)
- One of my blogs was featured in Blogadda’s ”Trekking destinations you need to explore!” (2015)
https://blog.blogadda.com/2015/07/29/trekking-and-hiking-places-in-india?fbclid=IwAR1sjcrX6n0RN8510FZteBoBZNgcUrAqK_3HXPboGcfCOZsdn8_nDFC7o78 - I was featured in Touristlink’s – ”11 Travel Blogs You Should Follow – Round 5 ” (2016)
https://www.touristlink.com/blog/11-travel-blogs-you-should-follow-round-5.html?fbclid=IwAR06Z3LxNjUb0Ds1SLbqX2WUc8da2nT2aU3PdMyMUjboQ8NqLuILe9o9Zdg - An interview with Bongyatra (2016)
https://bongyatra.com/interview-with-m-a-razzaq-siddiqui-from-razzwashere-blogspot-com - I was featured in this list by Raynatours.com – ”Indian travel bloggers who inspire your wanderlust” (2016)
http://blog.raynatours.com/indian-travel-bloggers/?fbclid=IwAR3XmvDXOvtfEhFwl2h8ib0Lz3g01A6N_8TRPZ8lL5LXljfewegNGWVHUdc - One of my pics clicked during a trip got featured in ESPNCricinfo. (2013)
