In 2016, when I visited Venice alone with my newborn, I came back home feeling completely drained. After that, there was a perpetual joke of me needing a vacati...
West Bengal's premier hill station is an eclectic mix of Nepalis, Tibetans, and Gorkhas. Their cuisine goes back to Rajbanshi cuisine heritage and forms some...
One of my favourite things to explore in a new place is its food and what better place to discover it than the local fresh produce markets. In every culture, ...
Following a landslide scare, Akash and I came down to Siliguri directly from Okhrey. It took around 8 hours and the downhill drive was pretty smooth. While the ...
Part Victorian holiday resort, part major tea-growing centreDarjeeling is a popular Indian hill station and West Bengal’s premier destination. It lies on a ridg...
This March I happened to be traveling alone in India with baby Akash. We were in and around with a brief foray into Jaipur. It was already quite hot and the bri...
So Akash and I went to the Himalayas in spring. That was last year and we had already spent 3 weeks in North-West India. March in 2018 was warm, with Jaipur bei...
"You are too early to see Gurash in full bloom", claimed Sonam, the Royal Barsey Homestay owner. We were her only guests for dinner that night and she tried to ...
I discovered Okhrey by chance. It was the base of my trip to the Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary in Sikkim and I liked the homestay there. In fact, I stumbled upo...
Hampi in Karnataka is a place like no other. It has the perfect setting of prestigious ancient ruins against the most jaw-dropping natural setting. A laidback b...
