A Glimpse Of Royalty At City Palace, Udaipur
With whatever time we could squeeze out to visit Udaipur, in our long road trip from Rajasthan to Tamilnadu spread over a period of six days, we were left wanting for […]
Guard at the Ganesh Dyodhi and the story of his “Moochh”
Most men have special place in their hearts for their moustaches. There are dialogues and sayings dedicated to moustaches… Uttpal Dutt, the veteran actor of yesteryear erupts into his famous dialogue […]
A poetry in stone: Ranakpur
“Behen ji, ek shawl pehan lo….mandir me jaane nahi denge aapko!” You see, I was wearing a sleeveless kurti with chudidaar leggings and no dupatta…. At the ticket window of Ranakpur Jain […]
See you later Alligator, After a while Crocodile….!!
While I marvelled at the ingenious idea of Bangalore based NGO in bringing attention of civil authorities towards the dangerous pot-holed roads, by filling the pot-holes with life-like crocodiles and more recently […]
To chill(!!) at Nainital….
In India we have a rich collection of stories for almost everything including names of cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, gods, goddesses, festivals, forests…. According to one such mythological story, the Goddess Sati […]
In search of Diamonds at the ‘Shepherd’s Hill’
The first thing that I learnt was that all the world-famous huge diamonds…..the Darya-e-Nur, the Koh-i-noor, Hope Diamond, the Regent Diamond all were excavated from Golkonda mines! The fort city once, was an important […]
Oasis at Khuri
“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery And there it was…A well….well-hidden under the muddy platform with an opening just large enough […]
Modern Art in a Cave: Amdavad ni Gufa
What would someone expect when two great minds…. one who conjured up three-dimensional contemporary spaces with traditional concepts and another who with just a stroke of his brush created images […]
A Rainy Day Drive at Tamhini Ghat
A light drizzle that continued from late morning till early evening brought the pre monsoons in Pune. “Ata bagha Tamhini Ghata che thaat“(Now see the beauty of Tamhini Ghat) announced the […]
The Fire Altar : Sun Temple at Modhera, Gujrat
The first soft yellow light of the early morning fell on the face of the gold idol of Surya, imparting a resplendent glow shattering the darkness……It seemed as if the Sun […]
Lure of the Taj
“Love is not finding someone to live with; its finding someone you cannot live without” Love is immeasurable…undefined….limitless…boundless…we seek to be loved forever, remembered forever….. Taj Mahal needs no introduction […]
Keoladeo National Park
There are but few National Parks in India that have been given a status of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Keoladeo National Park or Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary as it is better […]
Golu Devta Temple,Ghorakhal, Nainital
My parents had come visiting and in a bid to escape the heat wave at Bareilly, all five of us, my parents, me, my husband and our daughter, left for […]
1971, Battle at Longewala
A cricket match between India and Pakistan is no less than a war….emotions run high with people on either side praying for victory of their teams, betting high stakes or […]
Rani Ki Vav, Patan, Gujarat
UPDATED: July 2020 In July 2018, Reserve Bank of India released the new design of 100 Rs currency note featuring UNESCO World heritage Site of Rani ki Vav or Queen’s […]
A photo journey : Havelock Island, Andamans
I had never seen so many hues of blue till I made a trip to Havelock Island , Andaman Islands. The most popular and the best beach in Asia, Radhanagar beach with its silver sand […]
