Getting high on new years eve !
It was the darkness that first met my gaze. A thick blanket that shrouded everything, including my mind, as I collected my first thoughts…
Read MoreIt was the darkness that first met my gaze. A thick blanket that shrouded everything, including my mind, as I collected my first thoughts…
Read MoreJune ka achha mausam tha aur hamara bhateeja Ayush Ghaziabad se aaya hua tha, kahi ghoomne jane ka man tha aur din tha 1….
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Year 2002. Month of October. Same planet, India, Kerala, Varkala but an absolutely magical world. We were on a road trip, Bangalore-Kanyakumari-Bangalore. We touched…
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The clouds moved in by late afternoon. I looked out of the window, wondering how to spend the rest of the day: go out…
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28th Jan 2007: That was our last day in Shekhawati. We had very less time, as we wanted to reach Delhi before it was…
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The color of gold – soft, warm and sparklingly bright – is prevalent along the shores of the southern part of Catalonia. This beautiful…
Read MoreWe had just set foot in God’s own country, in search of that elusive stuff called peace. It had rained just then. The sheer…
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Rock garden is open for limited time, so confirm the timings first. The entrance leads to a magnificent, almost, surrealist arrangement of rocks, boulders, broken chinaware, discarded fluorescent tubes, broken and cast away glass bangles, building waste, coal & clay-all juxtaposed to create a dream folk world of places, soldiers, monkeys, village life, women and temples. In the end there is a huge open space surrounded by different kind of mirrors having special effects.
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The adjacent Bari Masjid built during 13th century is a specimen of the typical brick style of Bengal. It is a long low building measuring 70.41 m by 12.80 m having three aisles, with 21 door openings in front and 3 on the sides. Its roof has 63 small domes over brick arches resting on stone pillars of hindu design.
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Timber Trail Heights is a resort/hotel on a hill where you can only reach through a cable car. How to reach Timber Trail, which…
Read MoreFrom here we entered the sinews of Shahjahanabad: Paranthawala Gali, Kinari Bazaar, Katra Kushal Rai and Dharampura. As we negotiated the narrow bylanes, someone mentioned how cool the place is. A smart piece of planning made sure that too much sunlight did not enter the area, we were told. The day was yet to start in these gallis, only some eateries in the Paranthawala Gali were doing brisk business. The smell the fresh ghee on the paranthas wafts through the galli. To woo customers, most eateries have strategically placed old photographs of politicians and Bollywood stars devouring paranthas made by them.
Read MoreLast weekend, I drove to Kalka, rather Parwanoo, on my way to Timber Trail Heights, its one of those hotels perched on a hill…
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