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Belgium, Europe, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

The Hallerbos blue forest of Belgium

Spring was cold last year and sunny days seemed heaven sent. That was when we were living in Cologne, Germany […]

April 6, 2022
Cologne Diaries, Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

A camellia spring day in Cologne Botanical Garden

“Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags, and Austrian doorman’s jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with […]

April 1, 2022
Cologne Diaries, Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Bonn Cherry Blossom love

Spring officially brings an end to winter, and the whole planet comes alive again. The sun shines more boldly, trees […]

March 31, 2022
Europe, France, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Paris through my eyes, a photo essay

“It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to […]

December 23, 2021
Abhaneri Stepwell in Dausa Rajasthan
India, Photo Essays, Rajasthan, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West

Beauty in symmetry of Abhaneri Stepwell

“A vast sheet of water, covered with lotuses in flower, amid which thousands of aquatic birds are sporting, at the […]

April 5, 2021
Diksam plateau in Socotra
Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, Yemen

Memories of Socotra, one of the remotest travel destinations in the world

“It is not down in any map, True places never are” – Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra […]

April 11, 2020
youth at the face of the yemen crisis
Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, Yemen

Yemen crisis and memories of Old Sanaa

The attention span of humans is very short and the memory is even shorter. It has the wonderful capability of […]

April 10, 2020
braj holi is one of the most beautiful festivals of india
Festivals of India, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Uttar Pradesh

The beauty of Braj Holi: some memories and tips

My earliest Holi memories go back to my growing up days at the paramilitary camp where we stayed during my […]

March 31, 2020
a dancing gopi at holi, one of the festivals of india
Culture Peeps, Delhi, Festivals of India, India, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras

Festivals of India and Sufism through the eyes of a Muslim Krishna loving photographer

“A woman dances away in bliss, a sublime smile playing on her lips: a group of men painted pink, green, […]

March 30, 2020
Flowers of the Hill Country in Nuwara Eliya
Asia, Outside India, Photo Essays, Sri Lanka, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

My Nuwara Eliya days: why I found it hard to leave

Drip-drip, the rain fell insistently outside my window. It was not a hard, drumming rain that bears down like dead […]

February 11, 2020
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