“Aren’t they the shaking minarets?”
I turned to my friend who had picked me up from the Ahmedabad Railway Station and was skilfully manoeuvering his car in the dense traffic.
“Yes it is, but they do not shake any longer, actually they are not shaken any longer!”…
Ahmedabad’s Shaking Minarets – An Unsolved Enigma Read More »
A trip that almost never happened, the teary face of a disappointed seven-year-old boy, a magical motorcycle trip and the glowing face of a joyous seven-year-old boy, these were the images that flashed in my mind’s eye in quick succession, triggering an avalanche of memories that tumbled out of the inner recesses of my mind.…
Varanasi – A Spiritual Experience in The City of Light Read More »
Travel is all about new experiences, but not all experiences need to be life changing or mind blowing. Many a time, some simple run of the mill experiences are enough to tug at your heart strings and fill your being with immense joy or bring a lump in your throat.…
5 Simple Travel Experiences That Touched Our Hearts Read More »
A visit to the hallowed city of Amritsar, situated in Punjab, a northern state of India is sure to have a purifying effect on the mind and soul. This city is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion and has a rich as well as poignant history.…
Amazing Amritsar in Pictures Read More »
Darjeeling, the romance of this lovely place had seeped into our blood streams and we woke up asking for more on our second day in this Himalayan hill station, which was once a retreat of the Colonial British Raj.…
What to see in Darjeeling, the Tea Country – Part II Read More »
Darjeeling! The name in itself is enough to evoke visual imagery of verdant tea gardens, of a small train chugging excitedly up a hilly terrain, of a romantic hill station nestled high up in the mountains.
No wonder we were feeling very excited when we landed in Bagdogra, the nearest airport from where Darjeeling is a 65 kilometres drive.…
What to see in Darjeeling, the Tea Country – Part I Read More »
Summer is in the air, the air packs a hot punch and the mouth gets parched and thirsts for water.
In such hot climes, thoughts of the gallons and gallons of water hurtling down a ravine and the cool spray as the water drops hit you, come as a welcome respite.…
Weekend drive to the magnificent Shivanasamudra Falls Read More »
“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.”
― Elvis Presley
This is in continuation of our series on our obsession with the sun where we had shared our sun fascination.…
Do You Know Why We Love The Splendid Sunny Moments? Read More »
One fateful day in the school bus a boy disdainfully looks at a girl he has hated all these years. Their eyes meet and suddenly in a fraction of a second everything changes. A strange chemical reaction gets triggered and hate turns into love, first love!…
Travel and the nostalgia of first love Read More »
It is evening in Mount Abu, a hill station in the Indian state of Rajasthan which is better known for its wide expanse of desert sands and camels. A small boy, not more that 5 years is seated on a small rock gazing in awe at the setting sun.…
Sunfascination is in our DNA Read More »