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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Jaipur 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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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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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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Into the Heart of India
Started with a Bang.. Off from the office and was really bloody late ..Got to catch the train at any cost. I remember it…
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Sai Baba’s Brindavan, Whitefield
Dec 6, 2008 Brindavan is Sri Sathya Baba’s ashram in Whitefield. I had heard much of this place from various sources. There is a…
Read MoreKalimpong in 50s- Life was Like that
Written bt Col (Retd) Mani K Gahatraj History is lived forward, We know the end before we consider the beginning, But we can…
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The lazy rainy Goan Life
Now that it was around 10 pm (already late night as we had an early flight back home), it was time for quick review of how Goa 3.0 had fared against the other 2 versions. We realised how this one trip had been all about just one word: Revisiting. Revisiting the memories we made along the way, the calm we keep losing in the din of everyday life
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In the mystic alleys of Delhi (III) – Humayun’s Tomb
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…
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