Snapshots of Gulbarga
The final approach to the tomb led me to a large open space, perhaps four football fields, where a number of small fires were burning. It appeared to be the dumping ground for the entire city of Gulbarga.
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Looking at Nothing in Mandya
25 Jan 2009 When I arrived at Mandya after a rather comfortable and short journey, I hardly knew what to see. The guidebooks I…
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Amchi Mumbai.
Mumbai is a place many of us have visited. I personally have been there dozens of times, but the city never fails to excite…
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The Historic Town of Srirangapatna
10-Jan-08 Every place has its history but the beauty of Srirangapatna, 16 km from Mysore, is that modern development has not robbed the town…
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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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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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Fujeirah: Old meets new
Imagine driving through a mountain. Oh, rather do not waste time exercising your mind. Do the real thing. If you live in the Emirates,…
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The Leaning Two-hours of Pisa
Italy was like the flavor of the month some days back when I wrote this incomplete article and saved it in drafts praying that…
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Trip to Switzerland: Part 5 – The city of Lucerne (aka Luzern)
Our stay in the city of Interlaken done (and the hotel reservations having run out), we decided to move to our next destination, the…
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Our Dubai Trip – The City Tour
I dont know whether it was the shaking (in the shekh land) desert safari the previous evening or the spring-bed but I had a…
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Our Dubai Trip – The Desert Safari
The last and the only smoke happened in the warm balcony where I stood overlooking those tall and shiny structures, defying what Issac said…
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