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India, North, Uttarakhand

Reaching Ghangaria at last

The trek to Ghangaria lasted for some time and it turned out to be quite a lung-bursting. This had nothing […]

May 6, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

Joshimath moments before the trek

Joshimath was very busy when we woke up the next morning. Being the gateway to Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib, the […]

May 5, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

A drive past the beautiful Uttarakhand prayags

The next morning, we started early from Rishikesh. Our final destination, the Valley of Flowers National Park, was still very […]

May 4, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

Escaping the kavariya mania in Haridwar

As wonderful as the feeling was of my travel dream to the Valley of Flowers coming true, my experience at […]

May 3, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

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
pink flowers of spring paint kodaikanal pink
India, Photo Essays, South, Tamil Nadu, Travel Extras, Trip Photos

Painting Kodaikanal pink in spring

This article was originally published in the TrueJetter Issue of September-October 2017 as the Cherry Blossoms of Kodaikanal. Here I […]

January 17, 2020
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

The iconic Taj Mahal and all you need to know about it

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

January 5, 2020
a woman on the agra highway
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

A winter road trip to Agra

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

January 4, 2020
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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. […]

February 19, 2015
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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 […]

February 12, 2015
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