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 ...
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 ...
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, sca...
Contrary to the rest of Kalna's terracotta treasures, the Rajbari or Royal complex had been beautifully preserved and well maintained. The complex had sprawled ...
It had been a spring morning when a friend and I had boarded a local train for Ambika Kalna. An ancient port town, Ambika Kalna or Kalna (as it is popularly kno...
My home state of West Bengal is mostly overlooked by travelers and it is not difficult to understand why. The state is in a political turmoil, does not have muc...
Dry Mumbai mornings are always orange and hazy and the city becomes visible after 9. Ongoing construction projects, coastal mugginess and pollution hide the cit...
What can I say about Mumbai?..that in spite of my endless visits to the coastal city I have never really understood it, could never figure out what made it tick...
My Kodai days had been most exquisitely languorous. I mean its hard to not slow down and relax at a place where black birds wake you up every morning by their m...
I had woken early next morning to a lovely hilly scene outside my window. We had been going up the Palani Hills in circles, typical to a mountain road and mists...