The first heavy monsoon shower arrived with not only the intoxicating pleasant petrichor but also brought back a longing to be on the green slopes of Sahyadris with gentle breeze ruffling my hair. I love to be in open air near the cool gurgling streams, listening to chirping birds hiding behind emerald green fresh leaves …
Chicago, to me, meant Mies van der Rohe, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and some precious lessons from History of Architecture that I studied in college. While chalking out the itinerary of a vacation in USA, Chicago had to feature. Needless to say I was much excited. We rode a bus from Detroit to Chicago. …
The realisation that my imagination of the extent a glass could be shaped was far too limited came only after a visit to the Corning Museum of Glass. Nestled in the heart of Finger Lakes Wine Country, this world’s largest glass museum hosts 35 centuries of glass artistry and an international Glass market. It is …
A trip to North Eastern part of the country was always relegated to next year due to some or the other reason. And then a trip to Kaziranga National Reserve along with a short two day halt at Shillong for shopping, eating and visiting friends came to fruition suddenly. However, the whole group of seven …
We are a Tenacious lot…we Indians….Invaded and plundered we reeled but refused to succumb. British ruled for 400 yrs hoping to tame us, converts us, teach us their ways…but we emerged as our own…safe in our beliefs, our traditions, our culture, our rituals, our faith…so much so that world today is looking at us in hope …