
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…
Read MorePURANA (OLD) Qila in NEW Delhi – an appropriate expression indeed, of what Delhi is all about – layers and sub layers of history…
Read MoreRock 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
Read MoreWe visited Kasauli during the monsoons this year. The road and gastronomical issues, etc. have been discussed in Part I. We arrived at Kasauli…
Read MoreStanding on the shores he said, ‘O Great Sea! Ye conveyed me across the eons, from nothingness to fullness, across the origin of all…
Read MoreIt was a plan – conceived (craftily) & debated (doggedly) & executed (expeditiously) at the shortest notice. During the summer holidays, while we suffered…
Read MorePart I covered our journey from New Delhi to Uttarkashi, during May 10. Our first night halt was at Rishikesh (220 kms from New…
Read MoreSummer 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…
Read MoreNainital trip during December last year was more enjoyable since our gang of three was in company of Adityo (Sharmi’s brother) and their Ma….
Read MoreKalpa (2960 mtrs ASL) is a sleepy Himalayan outpost, with abounding greens, offering a vantage view of snow clad Kinner (derivative is the newer…
Read MoreKalpa/Sangla/Chitkul (Mar 2010) We managed a full week break (09 days in effect, Saturday to next Sunday) thanks to the rare confluence of three…
Read More…Stay at Giza allowed us to spy on the Great Pyramid in its beguiling kaleidoscopic formats throughout the day. We were mesmerized watching it beholden to the dawn sky as the sunrays crept in; we saw it when the sun protectively lingered overhead, as also when the pyramid hid the falling sun behind its shadowed visage.
Read MoreIn the beginning, there was nothing! No this or that, no something or nothing, no light or dark and of course neither Ghumakkar nor Ghumakkari. Aeons upon incalculable aeons passed, then there was a big bang within the millionth of a second……..Cut, Cut, Cut.
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