Ranikhet/ Kausani – Himalayan Meadows Part IV (Kausani)
Recap – We visited Ranikhet during Mar/Apr 2011. Road review to Ranikhet has been covered in Part I. Stay and local areas of Ranikhet…
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Ranikhet and Kausani – Himalayan Meadows : Part 3 (Ranikhet)
Ranikhet, an endearing hill station, is yet to be invaded by pizza/burger/ice-cream joints. One could rather try out pahadi rajma, meat/ chawal or momo/…
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Ranikhet And Kausani : Himalayan Meadows – Part II (Cottage Stay)
During numerous sojourns to the Himalayas, we often dream of a stay in ‘real’ mountainous solitude – perhaps a cottage, an independent abode entirely…
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PURANA QILA – LIGHT & SOUND SHOW (NEW DELHI)
PURANA (OLD) Qila in NEW Delhi – an appropriate expression indeed, of what Delhi is all about – layers and sub layers of history…
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ROCK GARDEN ROCKS
Rock Garden in Chandigarh is a marvellous piece of creativity and worth a visit while in/ passing through Chandigarh. We covered the place while passing across Chandigarh – ‘The City Beautiful’ – a city dreamt of by the Frenchman, Le Corbusier. It must be recorded here; driving within Chandigarh gives one the feeling of being in Lutyen’s Delhi – with wide, shaded boulevards flowing around well shaped roundels, regulated and smooth traffic, distinctive signboards
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Weekend trip to Kasauli II
We visited Kasauli during the monsoons this year. The road and gastronomical issues, etc. have been discussed in Part I. We arrived at Kasauli…
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Mandarmoni – Kolkata’s Sea Watch (Part II)
Standing on the shores he said, ‘O Great Sea! Ye conveyed me across the eons, from nothingness to fullness, across the origin of all…
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Mandarmoni – Kolkata’s Sea Watch (Jun 2010)
It was a plan – conceived (craftily) & debated (doggedly) & executed (expeditiously) at the shortest notice. During the summer holidays, while we suffered…
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Harsil/Gangotri – On Bhagirathi Trail (Part II)
Part I covered our journey from New Delhi to Uttarkashi, during May 10. Our first night halt was at Rishikesh (220 kms from New…
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Uttarkashi , Gangotri – On Bhagirathi Trail (Part I)
Summer days are here again – with bagful of fantastical to-do’s in the oncoming vacations. I suppose we, who are on the wrong end/side…
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Nainital – Jewel of Kumaon (Dec 09) – I
Nainital trip during December last year was more enjoyable since our gang of three was in company of Adityo (Sharmi’s brother) and their Ma….
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Kalpa/Sangla/Chitkul (Mar 2010) – II
Kalpa (2960 mtrs ASL) is a sleepy Himalayan outpost, with abounding greens, offering a vantage view of snow clad Kinner (derivative is the newer…
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