Think Kutch district of Gujarat as India's real wild west. Lying in the westernmost frontier of India, it is a world in itself and is unlike any other place in ...
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 s...
During every Durga Puja festival time, I get inconsolably homesick. The grey cloud lasts until the week-long festivities are over and only after that, do I mana...
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 random...
There's no food like home food and us, Bengalis celebrate festivities through our bellies. It is correctly said, that the way to a man's heart is through his st...
Pangong Tso is closely related to the Tibetan word Lake Banggong which means 'long, narrow, enchanted lake' and it is indeed spectacular. One of the largest sal...
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 ...
What can I say about our Kalimpong break? That it had been lovely, intrepid, lazy and much needed, after our crazy, impromptu cross country motorbiking trip. Th...
That evening after a sublime sunset at Jaswant Thada, I had enough time on my hands to pay Sardar Market a customary visit. The famous market had kept up to its...
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...