The Splendour of Orccha
In the long dark winter of 2009 while returning from Kanyakumari (where I was born) to Lucknow (Where I now live)we had to break…
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Trip to Kurukshetra
Hai to all of my fellow ghumakkaris! Here again, on 01 Nov 2009 I planned another road trip, but near-one to Kurukshetra, heard about…
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Trip to Corbett – My Annual Pilgrimage
There had been frequent reports of Tiger sighting in the past one week …… Our mahout gestured to us to be silent as the elephant soundlessly approached the area through dense grass. My nerves were racing and I felt my heart pounding….
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A day beyond Shimla to Narkanda
One day we planned to visit Shimla and Kufri. So I started the journey from Ludhiana and my friends from Delhi. We met at…
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Witnessing a pilgrimage and patriotism at Amritsar and a Madness at Wagha Border
When I was in Ludhiana, one day I received a call from my friend Gunjan to plan a single day trip to any nearby…
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Wah! Taj indeed…
A brief business trip to Agra culminated in my seizing an opportunity to visit the most magnificent structure built on earth in the name…
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Spending a Day on Mehrauli (Delhi) – Gurgaon Road
The Qutab Minar is one of the historic monuments listed in a UNESCO World heritage Site situated at Mehrauli – South Delhi was constructed in 1192 by Qutub-ud-din-Aibak , Viceroy & General in Mohammad Ghori of Ghazni’s army to mark their victory over Delhi . It is an excellent example of Indo-Islamic architecture. The Qutub Minar has beautiful calligraphy in Arabic. There are many carvings as well on the Qutub Minar. Qutab Minar is tallest brick minaret in the world inspired by the minaret of Jam in Afghanistan.
Read MoreExhilarating trip to dhanolti
Hi friends, I am a fan of ghummakkar but only recently I decide to share my experience with you all. This is about my…
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Corbett and I (Pt. 3)
(recap) The sun rose from our right. Suddenly, we heard a langur call incessantly followed by a cheetal. Corbett didn’t say a word he…
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Ramramsa-Welcome to the Pink City of Jaipur, Rajasthan
Continuing with my ongoing journey of exploring this beautiful country of ours -India, and moving forward from where I left this majestic state of…
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Corbett – Well! Almost
I’ve heard the call of the wild since a very tender age, but never really answered it the way I wanted to (when I…
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Corbett and I (Pt.2)
…By now it was already the 27th of October and getting cold and then word came from the headman of Thak that a man from their village was missing…
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