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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

” I must have flowers, always and always”. – Claude Monet Founding father of French Impressionist painting, Monet had been […]

May 1, 2022

I met Naziya on the banks of the swift-flowing Ganges at Haridwar. She was a young village belle, who had […]

April 30, 2022

My Rishikesh sojourn was in June or July. Rain poured from the sky whenever it felt like and the humidity […]

April 29, 2022

Rishikesh and Haridwar…immediately my mind raced to the twin Gangetic town of Uttarakhand. The TV documentary on the growing religious […]

April 28, 2022

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

March 31, 2022

On October 23, 2021, Iran has reopened its borders for foreign tourists. Travelers are trickling back in after nearly a […]

November 14, 2021

The capital city of Iran stunned, shocked, and disgusted me at the same time. On my first trip to Iran, […]

November 13, 2021

We were back on the road soon after a few relaxing Gilan days. My humongous Iran road trip was just […]

November 10, 2021

With UNESCO Heritage Site title, pretty flower boxes, and winding mud lanes, the online search of Masouleh presented a very […]

November 8, 2021