How I stumbled upon Lavasa? – I had to visit Mumbai for a conference, and I was looking at places that I can visit from Mumbai/Pune, and I asked my North Indian friends and zeroed on Mahabaleshwar, and Matheran and yet, I was looking for other places near Pune as I had another day in …
Last year, I went to the U.S. on a research-based work trip. And during my month-long stay across various regions in the country, I went about sightseeing the world famous stuff such as the Streets and Skyscrapers, Water Falls and Beaches, Parks and Forests, Lakes and Rivers, Art Museums and Historical Buildings, Massive Canyons and …
As we drove past the greener than green tea plantation cover, the clear blue skies often spotting elephant like clouds, and churchyards tracing roots in history – I wondered if I could be possibly missing on something? Travelers have a grave problem, every time they visit a place, they keep digging in more to unearth …
Wrapped in an armor of gold, beautifully tucked in the North-Western edge of India, lies the Golden City of Jaisalmer in the hot, arid and the Indian touristic state of Rajasthan. Jaisalmer (Golden City) – A Detour Jaisalmer under the reign of the Indian King Rawal Jaisal was considered to be a place of punishment …
I am a Monsoon baby, and just as the season arrives, I get high on traveling. It was the month of June, and I could only think of getting away from the city, to someplace quieter; driving through the mountains, soaking up in the seasonal rains, hiking the countryside trails, relishing the local hillside food, …
The Hindu mythology believes in the holy trinity. They create, preserve and destroy the universe. Destruction, perhaps is the most liberating process of them all. Imagine doing away with what no longer serves you and making way for something new. Wiping the slate clean is, in fact, the biggest superpower of them all. But wouldn’t …
Floating Past a Thousand Islands and Romancing on the Dragon Legend Cruise. I have always associated cruising with romance. The idea of getting away on the waters with your special someone is fantastic – just the two of you far away from the regular life on the land. You have absolutely no responsibilities, nothing to …
I started young. As young as 17. Visiting ‘new’ places felt ecstatic. And, my version of ‘new’ was simple. No wonder how popular or lesser known it was, if I hadn’t been there before, it was ‘new’ to me. It hadn’t had to be far-off, but anything that was a plain simple ‘new’ added up …
