The still before the storm
The bunds that hold back the lake water from overrunning adjoining paddy fields glisten in trepidation. Rain trees canopies a calm that quivers in anticipation. Palm…
Book review: India Junction – A Window to the Nation
(An edited version of the review appeared in the Sunday Express dated July 20, 2014)
This may not exactly be the most opportune…
He was occupying my seat – number 33 – when I boarded the Duronto Express from Hazrat Nizamuddin to Ernakulam on July 5.
The Duronto took me to Tikrit
“The terrorists were…
Entrance to Fort Auwa
The efflorescent shower, marigold garland and crimson tilak – de rigueur of a star-studded hospitality welcome – take valiant moorings when you enter Fort Auwa. Rightly cued,…
The swelling tribe of the solo traveller is no fluke and has more to do with whom you go with than where you go to. Your fellow traveller is unfairly…
This is one of the most picturesque treks in the country; the irresistible landscape overwhelms even the locals – you will find many of them sitting over a rocky outcrop…
Sur, the Battutian coast
‘It is a fertile land, with streams, orchards, palm gardens and fruit trees of various kinds… has fine bazaars and splendid clean mosques…’ wrote Ibn Battuta in…
Tracing the Supin
A magical cocktail of people and place, the Har Ki Dun trek will not only bring you up and close with the legendary Garhwal landscape but also with…
A review of Lonely Planet’s ‘Filmi Escapes: Travel with the movies’
Wonders for Bruges: In Bruges
Leading Hotels of the World, a luxury hospitality consortium, has listed a ‘Midnight in Paris’ package;…