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A floral fantasy to the Valley of Flowers

Like most women, I love flowers, rainbows, and butterflies. Flowers play an integral role in the Indian culture and can […]

May 2, 2022

The access to the Taj Mahal (at least the one we took) was so horrible that by the time we […]

January 5, 2020

My first trip to the Taj Mahal happened some years back when on a weekend my daughter and I ventured […]

January 4, 2020

Hampi in Karnataka is a place like no other. It has the perfect setting of prestigious ancient ruins against the […]

March 26, 2019

My next few days at Kutch were spent zipping around obscure villages, eating rustic meals at various artisans’ houses, and […]

December 4, 2018

I visited Gujarat in 2013 for a week and spent five days exploring the Kutch artist villages. Although at times […]

November 30, 2018

My posts on Calcutta are definitely not comprehensive enough as a guide, but are fondest memories of a place called […]

October 19, 2018

It is difficult to garner and pen down my thoughts about Calcutta. Too many memories, familiarity, and intimacy always jumble up […]

October 16, 2018

There’s no food like home food and us, Bengalis celebrate festivities through our bellies. It is correctly said, that the […]

October 14, 2018

I stopped over by the beautiful Pavana Lake while returning to Pune after a lovely Lonavala weekend. It was a […]

March 10, 2017