A note from the founder
I’ve always been that person. The one who packs three outfits a day for a weekend trip. Who says yes to sunrise kayaking, sunset wine tasting, and still finds time to squeeze in a forest walk between lunch and dessert. Who bookmarks 47 cafés in a city I haven’t even landed in yet-just in case.
I’ve also been the person who burned her hands plating in Michelin-starred kitchens (because who has time to find the oven mitts?). Who set out to cure cancer while studying biotech, but ended up sleep-deprived on film sets directing short films about heartbreak. Who throws dinner parties where the food goes cold but the conversations run hot and once rage-quit a board game I insisted on hosting. (Yes, it was Codenames. Yes, I still think I was right.)
Somewhere between biotechnology and burnt butter, Sydney and storytelling, I started treating life like a tasting menu- try everything, say yes to what’s unfamiliar, and always leave room for dessert. Whether I was cliff-jumping in New Zealand, diving into the Great Barrier Reef, skydiving in Dubai, or serving Taylor Swift what she called the best spaghetti ever- I kept chasing moments that made life feel a little fuller, and way more mine.
My dream weekend? Being overfed by Nancy Silverton, watching the Nazaré waves crash in slow motion, and somehow ending up in Spiti with a notebook, a thermos of chai, and no phone signal.
You get the idea- I collect memories the way others collect frequent flyer miles.
But when I moved back to India, I hit a snag. I wanted to do cool, offbeat things - a sound bath, a foraging walk, a supper club with strangers but all I found were malls and restaurants I’d already been to. I’d scroll through Instagram, save 27 things, and then forget them the second I actually had free time.
And just like that — another weekend, gone.
That frustrating little gap between “I want to do something” and “I actually did something” is what gave birth to Kalendar.
Kalendar isn’t just a website or an app. It’s your “what should we do today?” answered. A mood ring in the form of a map. A place where saved posts become real plans. Where the group chat doesn’t just talk- it books.
I built Kalendar so we could live a little louder. A little slower. A little more on purpose.
And if it helps you shut down social media and step into something memorable-well, then it’s doing what I dreamed it would.
See you out there -probably barefoot, slightly overbooked, and happily making it up as I go.
Pranjal Honarao
Founder. Ex-biotech almost-scientist. Chef-ish. Film set wanderer. Game night dictator.
Also: dog sister, obsessive ramen researcher, planner of hypothetical trips I may never take, and currently trying to master the art of doing one thing at a time.
I’m one coffee away from saying yes to any wild plan. Want to skip the small talk and go foraging instead? Take a sound bath? Build the next big thing? Slide into my DMs or my inbox, both welcome.