Spring at Pavana Lake
I stopped over by the beautiful Pavana Lake while returning to Pune after a lovely Lonavala weekend. It was a […]
India, Maharashtra, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, West
East, Expat Life, Growing up in Calcutta, India, West Bengal
Quirks of Calcutta
In Calcutta we have some unique pet peeves. We love our pooches, as well cats, birds, rabbits, mice and still […]
Central, India, Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior’s legend of Tansen
The power of Indian classical music is legendary and it’s complex beauty is unfathomable. Ragas which are melodic frameworks based […]
East, India, West Bengal
Kalna’s baked royalty
Contrary to the rest of Kalna’s terracotta treasures, the Rajbari or Royal complex had been beautifully preserved and well maintained. […]
East, India, West Bengal
Terracotta Trails
It had been a spring morning when a friend and I had boarded a local train for Ambika Kalna. An […]
East, India, West Bengal
Bengal’s Forgotten Trails
My home state of West Bengal is mostly overlooked by travelers and it is not difficult to understand why. The […]
India, Maharashtra, West
My Mumbai Othello
Dry Mumbai mornings are always orange and hazy and the city becomes visible after 9. Ongoing construction projects, coastal mugginess […]
India, Maharashtra, West
Mumbai minutes
What can I say about Mumbai?..that in spite of my endless visits to the coastal city I have never really […]
India, South, Tamil Nadu
Pines, bisons and a Herculean love story of Palani Hills
My Kodai days had been most exquisitely languorous. I mean its hard to not slow down and relax at a place […]
India, South, Tamil Nadu
The violet flowers of the blue hills
I had woken early next morning to a lovely hilly scene outside my window. We had been going up the […]