As far as the name is concerned you can find a sense of joy & warmth by pronouncing San Antonio !!!!!!!!! The place to party and completely changing yourself to a party animal….. San Antonio is not a place for peace lovers or for a person w... Read More

My wife seems to have been smitten by some religious bug. Though I am myself a reasonably religious person (except for after 7 on some days, when the “spirits” of United Breweries, Seagram and Johnnie Walkers of the world, keep on hovering around... Read More

Delhi, the seat of power of consecutive dynasties, has inherited a majestic legacy of some of the most astounding architectural edifices in the form of temples, mosques, gurdwaras, churches, monuments, etc. As the capital of India this multi cultural... Read More

My intention behind writing road-reviews have been to provide necessary information to fellow travelers (read drivers) who wish to undertake that journey. With that thought, probably New Delhi to Patna by road, doesn't make the cut, since not many wo... Read More

Palakkad is an important Rubber growing district of Kerala. Karimba a village in Palakkad is famous for Rubber Nursery Last year, when I was at Karimba village of Palakkad, I visited a Co-operative Rubber processing and marketing society there. I am... Read More

For almost two months we were contemplating on visiting Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple at Sripuram near Vellore and finally the plans seemed to materialize during last week of May 2009. My brother-in-law Siva wanted to take his new Swift Dezire to Golden... Read More

I learnt about Amir Khusrau when I was very young. During my childhood, we used to live in Old Delhi and our house was almost sandwiched between an ancient mosque and a “mazaar” (Mausoleum). At the Mazaar, every Thursday, a few of the good mus... Read More

On one cool morning last year, we some of the members of Marthoma Church, Karimba, gathered at the Parsonage. After coffee at 6 am we started for Palayur (an important pilgrimage center of Syrian Christians) in a hired Bus. Shortly before 8 am we rea... Read More

I came to know about the Baha’i faith just by chance. In the early seventies, immediately after my initial training at Grindlays Bank (Now Standard Chartered), I was asked to man the foreign exchange desk. Those days the foreign exchange busine... Read More

Akbar is often remembered as a liberal ruler who expanded Mughal Empire to the vast region but his lust for women is lesser known. The royal complex of Fatehpur Sikri was witness to his typical Mughal attitude towards women. The number of women in hi... Read More

Read the article from point of view of a person, who loves to travel, is deeply in love with nature and enjoys serenity and solitude. I was soon going to fall in love with the world I was entering! This was a package tour offered by MP tourism ... Read More

SOMNATH - DWARKA JOURNEY    Here in this post , I will show you some places which definately not many people must have seen for sure. Jay Somnath.......................... 4th January 2011 :- It was a very sad time for me as I was ... Read More

I remember having visited the Delhi Zoo from a picture of my childhood where I and my younger sister are sitting on my father's lap. That's all I remember. And before going any further on the visit - I was in two minds on whether to publish this as a... Read More

I had never heard about Dewari Gowada, until Venkat Sunderam, the Chairman of the Lodge Elysium Masonic Charitable Trust, of which I am a member, discussed a proposal to electrify this village. Devari Gowada is located in a remote area of the Aravali... Read More

I heard a lot about Kingdom of Dreams Gurgaon. In spite of staying very close to it, I was not able to take out the time to visit the same. On my elder daughter’s Birthday I was on leave. After the Pooja & lunch we decided to visit some wonderf... Read More

Thailand is the land of sun, sand ‘n sea! No wonder we were all so happy when the conference-cum-leisure getaway to Phuket and Bangkok was announced by the office! The trip was organized as part of the annual conference for our division, and we wer... Read More

An impromptu decision on the eve of a weekend brought us to this place. At the first mention , one would definitely think that this would be in the similar lines of Ramoji Rao film city (Hyderabad) or the likes of it. Well, Innovative Film city (let ... Read More

Bhayya Muddumalai and Bandipur National Park kya ho kar aaye, mere beti ghar mein sabka naam animals per rakh diya hein. Myself "Dinasour", my daughter Navya "Chhoti Dianasour", Bete Ujjwal ka "Chhota Deer", meri niece Aditi ka "Elephent", Meri wife ... Read More

The Taj Mahal in Agra, a World Heritage site, was built by Shah Jahan (1628–58) as memorial to his wife Mumtaj Mahal. Perhaps not many of us are aware that almost a century prior to the construction of this magnificent opus, the widow of Emperor Hu... Read More

As the Nethravati Express screeched to a stop at Ratnagiri a mere 45 minutes behind schedule, my heart soared with expectation. On this section of Konkan Railway, where single-tracks were not uncommon, a delay of under an hour was a good omen. Paradi... Read More

Nestled in the western ghats of the south indian state, Karnataka, is  Kodachadri , a mountain peak (altitude - 1343 m above sea level). The first thought that crosses anyone's mind on mention of Kodachadri is trekking as it is known to be a trekk... Read More

As soon as I finished my board exams of class tenth, I planned to visit alongwith my parents the renowned streets of Chandni chowk. We parked our car at Rajouri Garden metro station and boarded the metro to Chandni Chowk, the oldest market place (baz... Read More

A dream fulfilled. This happened to be a return journey having completed the Ashtvinayak trip while driving from Bangalore to Mumbai ( it’s another story) and my family was geared up for it. We started off from Navi Mumbai at 12 noon and took th... Read More

Another business trip, this time my wife's, another attempt to squeeze some meaningful travel out of it. There was to be a event at Jaipur and she needed to be there to supervise things (aka boss around). I could accompany her and make it worthwhile ... Read More

A visit to Datia was originally not in my original itinerary. While chit-chatting with a small group of travellers at Man Mandir, they described this beautiful palace in Datia that they had just returned from. So on my way to Orchha, about 75 kms ... Read More