Ladakh Festival Photo Essay
I followed the performers all the way to the Polo Ground where the inaugural ceremony was to take place. The Ladakh Festival started […]
India, Ladakh, North, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos
India, Ladakh, North
The timeless Himalayan beauty called the Pangong Tso
The day after the spectacular Ladakh festival, I woke up early in the morning to start my journey towards the […]
India, Ladakh, North
Getting Leh (ed) in Ladakh
The memory of the spectacular Pangong Tso lake haunted me for some time and completely occupied my mind. At that […]
India, Ladakh, North
The white desert of Nubra Valley
Nubra Valley is situated in a remote northeast corner of Ladakh. It is a spectacular place, famous for a pristine […]
India, Ladakh, North
Mountains and Monasteries and Mountains
Leh was again a welcome break but before I fell into my lazy routine, I pushed myself to do a […]
India, Kashmir, North, Uncategorized
Autumn in Kashmir and snippets of mysticism
I discovered mysticism at every step in Kashmir. While some of these discoveries shook me up, others were quite entertaining. […]
Culture Peeps, Dances, East, India, Odisha, Travel Extras
Dance like a man I
I had never heard of Gotipua before my last Odisha trip and it is sad, since the heritage dance had […]
Culture Peeps, Dances, India, Odisha, Travel Extras
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, […]
East, India, West Bengal
Amadpur, a place as sweet as grandmother’s home
A crowd of fireflies flickered outside the window as I drowsily checked the time on my watch. It was four […]
Delhi, India, North
The kind happy monument called Jama Masjid in Delhi
My trysts with Delhi go long back and for some years I called the Indian capital city home. Funnily, all […]