I stopped over by the beautiful Pavana Lake while returning to Pune after a lovely Lonavala weekend. It was a day before the Holi festival and I was invited to a friend’s house for…
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Top things to do in Kolkata
My posts on Calcutta are definitely not comprehensive enough as a guide, but are fondest memories of a place called home. However to present Calcutta’s unique specialties and quirks as a guide, I have…
Quirks of Calcutta
In Calcutta we have some unique pet peeves. We love our pooches, as well cats, birds, rabbits, mice and still now our city newspapers everyday carry obituaries dedicated to our furry friends. One of…
Memories of Calcutta
It is difficult to garner and pen down my thoughts about Calcutta. Too many memories, familiarity and intimacy always jumble up my mind so I decided to randomly mention the things I love most about my…
Calcutta Belly
Rolls are true blue Calcutta snack and we could nearly patent it. Wholesome and delicious they are fried (nowadays baked) Indian bread stuffed with succulent spicy pieces of chicken/mutton/beef/potatoes/paneer (cottage cheese) and flavoured with…
Gwalior’s legend of Tansen
The power of Indian classical music is legendary and it’s complex beauty is unfathomable. Ragas which are melodic frameworks based on standard set of notes, scales and characteristic musical motifs, are sometimes deemed more…
The crown jewel of Nawalgarh
The fame of the open air museum of Shekhawati had set me off to this extraordinary place and this post on Nawalgarh is the third of 4 posts in the series on “The Painted Towns of Shekhawati”.…
Mandawa Walks
The fame of the open air museum of Shekhawati had set me off to this extraordinary place and this post on Mandawa is the second of 4 posts in the series on “The Painted Towns of Shekhawati”.…
Shekhawati Teaser
Shekhawati had been really offbeat. I had visited there last year when hints of spring had been around the corner and it had been perhaps the best time to explore the open air museum…
Dance like a man II
Gotipua had been a treat for my cultural senses. Rhythmic, seriously acrobatic and exotic in a most quintessential Indian way, the literal translation of Gotipua means, “single boy”. The dance form has been performed…
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