Jyoti Sharma Bawa
Author · Traveller · Teacher
Jyoti Sharma Bawa makes her literary debut with Dusty Boots, a heartfelt reflection shaped by her experiences and observations. A passionate reader, enthusiastic traveller, and dedicated teacher, she finds immense joy in the company of children. Though based in Chandigarh, she travels often to be with her children.
A teacher, traveller & storyteller
Based in Chandigarh, India, Jyoti travels often to be with her children and finds immense joy in the company of young people. A passionate reader and enthusiastic explorer, she has been shaped by a lifetime of movement.
Her love for wandering was inspired by family — a father who travelled the world and a father-in-law who handed her her first passport with a simple “Go.” Part of the Olive Green fraternity, twenty postings in thirty-five years gave her a lens on life few others have.
A teacher by vocation, she has written for school magazines, Combat News, the Botswana Defence Force journal, Asian Extracts, and her travel blog Musings of Ame Libre. After years of gathering stories from mostly solo journeys across the globe, she turned them into her debut memoir, Dusty Boots.
Every journey tells a story. In fact my boots tell better stories than I do.
A story of movement, memory & belonging
Travel as Teacher
Each journey widens the lens and turns experience into reflection.
A Voice That Listens
The memoir is shaped by human encounters as much as by place.
Rooted in Care
Family, friendship and tenderness remain central throughout.
Shared by Many
The book invites readers to notice the people who shape us.
How Dusty Boots came to be
Step 1
Born with a love for wandering, inspired by a father who travelled the world and a father-in-law who handed her her first passport with a simple 'Go'.
Step 2
Part of the Olive Green fraternity — twenty postings in thirty-five years — which shaped her lens on life and people.
Step 3
A teacher by vocation who has written for school magazines, Combat News, the Botswana Defence Force journal, Asian Extracts, and her travel blog 'Musings of Ame Libre'.
Step 4
Mostly solo journeys across the globe by land, air and sea, stitched together with the stories of fascinating people she met along the way.
Step 5
After years of gathering stories, she turned her personal journeys and human connections into her debut memoir, Dusty Boots.
Discover the Memoir
“Dusty Boots — Every journey tells a story. In fact, my boots tell better stories than I do.”