

Mangal and the state of happiness
Two seemingly disconnected sights abound in parts of Himachal Pradesh – cannabis plants growing in disarray by the roadside and cafes announcing Israeli culinary…

The big game is beyond yonder “Look, there kaattupothu,” bellowed the tribal tracker in unfettered relief at finally being able to spot game after hours of squelching through sodden tracks,…

The season is just round the corner “Any travel tips?” A friend from Hawaii asked me before she embarked on her first trip to India.
“Do not carry anything in…

Driving around Jaipur, you aptly wonder why it is called the ‘Pink City’ – for it is anything but pink. It is a fiery to a sunburnt orange in some…

Surely God Himself made Kerala. And this is not because we call Kerala ‘God’s own country’ but the place is really great to look at. More so when it rains.…

The ‘it’ factor.
This is what makes a superstar stand out from the rest of us. Repeated attempts by the learned ones haven’t resulted in its decoding – yet. If…

The world knows Ani Choying Drolma as ‘the singing nun’. But Ani (honorific for ‘nun’) was at first an accidental nun.
“I did not join the monastery out of…

This is the first in an occasional series 'Telling Tales' which are stories of people from my different journeys.
On a coarse sheet of paper Koul drew some lines and…

Possible swan shot Dramatic translucent smoke billowed out of the open cockpit doors into the narrow aisle. I espied the numerous shiny consoles and knob-headed levers fading into a thickening…