We went to Gujarat : A 6-year old writes on Ghumakkar!
We went to Gujarat. draft’s 1st page
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Chennaiyil Margazhi
Wondering what the title means ? Well, it’s a Tamil term meaning “Margazhi in Chennai”. Margazhi (pronounced Maar-ga-zhi . the last part (zhi) is…
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A day at the Delhi Zoo
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…
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Travelling in Rajdhani Express
Have you seen movie “The Burning Train”? I think it was on Vinod Khanna’s idea about Rajdhani Express, film was also shot on Mumbai-Rajdhani…
Read MoreJaipur to Gangotri – Solo on Bike
The cool wind in my face, the crispness of the fresh air in my lungs, high up in the mountains, the sound of river…
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New Year Eve Memories (Murud – Alibagh/ Jodhpur-Jaisalmer)
The coming of New Year day always fills in my soul a kind of excitement and adventure to just move away from the normal…
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At an Island Resort, Karwar
December 30, 2008 While I usually travel alone, my colleague joined me on this trip to Karwar on the coast of Karnataka. Our first…
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Tea time @ Munnar
The District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), Idukki provides boating facilities in the Mattupetty Dam. Speed launch, slow speedboat and motorboats are available on hire. Other nearby places of interest includes the picturesque Kundala tea plantations and the Kundala Lake.
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Kalaa Paani – The Cellular Jail
Kalapani, Cellular Jail are names which inspire visions of the freedom struggle and the tortures faced by the Indian freedom fighters immortalized by the 1958 and the 1996 movies of the same name. No visit to the Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar are complete without a visit to the jail and the accompanying sound and light show. History tells us that the construction of the jail was started in 1896 and completed in 1906 with seven wings shaped like spokes of a wheel radiating from a central column.
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An Islamic Revelation, Bijapur
Dec 18, 2008 I arrived at Bijapur yesterday after what was an extremely slow and long bus journey from Hospet. I regretted having not…
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Sharavati Beckons
This has been a long pending stuff from my side. Never got around to write about it. This is about a weekend trip to…
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Fistful of Golden Corn, Gorur
Dec 13, 2008 I will remember my short visit to the village of Gorur for a single moment. Call it inspiration, beauty, unfettered joy…
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