My earliest Holi memories go back to my growing up days at the paramilitary camp where we stayed during my father's CRPF service days. In those camps, all festi...
At the bend of the Yamuna River, just 2 kilometers away from the Taj Mahal, lies the magnificent Agra Fort. It is so close to the iconic Taj, that most tourists...
We left Agra the next day and started driving back towards Jaipur. Fatehpur Sikri was on the way and we decided to stop there for the day. Considered to be one ...
The access to the Taj Mahal (at least the one we took) was so horrible that by the time we reached the entrance, I was actually wondering if it was worth all th...
My first trip to the Taj Mahal happened some years back when on a weekend my daughter and I ventured out on a road trip to Agra. It was during winter vacation a...
On a sunny afternoon of 1893, an English archaeologist, Edmund William Smith from the Archaeological Survey of India stares at a pristine marble tomb in Agra an...
Veiled gossiping women with babies on their hips stared at us as we walked by. The air was scented with green guavas and clusters of young litchis swayed in a m...
The stupendous Buland Darwaza towered at 55 meters high and was built in 1576 to commemorate emperor Akbar's victory in Gujarat. Flanked by impressive domes it ...
Our second Agra morning is my most memorable one. I woke up early and witnessed the breathtaking sight of the Taj emerging from the morning mist. Dreamlike, sub...