The most popular way to travel between Aswan and Luxor is by Nile Cruise. Alternatively, Upper Egypt can be explored by train and a very enjoyable road tr...
"You are going to Aswan, then you must get me some peanuts and karkade. Aswan souq is the best place for them", said my sister-in-law when I told her that I was...
"It is not down in any map, True places never are" - Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra Island. It is one of the most fascinating destina...
The attention span of humans is very short and the memory is even shorter. It has the wonderful capability of sifting through what matters and affects us direct...
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...
"A woman dances away in bliss, a sublime smile playing on her lips: a group of men painted pink, green, yellow, and red, congregate in a joyous circle, their jo...
Drip-drip, the rain fell insistently outside my window. It was not a hard, drumming rain that bears down like dead weight and makes everything feel wet and must...
The Colpetty or Kollupitiya Market is heralded by the senior Colombites as a tradition that prevailed against the odds of time. Located near the Galle Face Gree...
When I was in Sri Lanka the monsoon was in full swing. The little teardrop-shaped island was lashed by angry waves of the Indian Ocean and rain pounded on it al...
This article was originally published in the TrueJetter Issue of September-October 2017 as the Cherry Blossoms of Kodaikanal. Here I am simply sharing the beaut...