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Sanjay Van - A Jungle in the City

The tranquillity flows from nowhere and gradually engulfs me, in its many fangled self... catching me unaware. All of a sudden, everything goes quiet... just some birds chirping in the distance, their...

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Curious Case of a Ghost Town

‘God, I am no Harry Potter! Better get out of here in time!’ I murmur out aloud. Loud enough for the pigeon sitting on the far end of the stony arch to flap its wings and acknowledge this fact with a...

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For the Feathered Friends

The intensive care ward stands in perfect silence, except for the occasional cooing of a patient. Compounder Rameshwar Yadav is busy with his daily chore – head bent at work, he goes from patient to...

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Hogwarts in Lansdowne

This picture was taken while wandering along the meandering rain swept roads of Lansdowne in Uttarakhand. The year is 2011. The month, August. With monsoon in all its glory, every little corner of this...

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A Duck Tale from Lansdowne

In the misty mountains of Lansdowne, there lived in a serene lake, a quacky family of 3 little ducks.Their friendly neighbour Mrs. & Mr. White Duck visited often, and together they all went...

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Exploring Stepwells in Delhi - Tour 1

Agrasen Ki Baoli in the middle of New Delhi.The old juxtaposed against the new.That's Connaught Place in the background.For the uninitiated, Baoli is Stepwell, a sort of water reservoir.Although there...

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A Little Detour and Lots of Fun : One Memorable Trip

I love travelling, for it means freedom from the mundane, freedom from routine, freedom from seeing the same grumpy faces in office. Besides this, I love the outdoors - the mysterious mountains, quaint...

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And The Buffoonery Continues...

The madcap shenanigans of Day 1 of the Rajasthan tour had given us a taste of things to follow. We had made a detour even before starting on the journey, had charted out a new (wayward) route in a...

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The Traveller Me - Wandering, Wondering

Why do I love to travel? Well the first reason would be because it gives me a chance to escape from the four walls that we all sometimes feel trapped inside. Just that I feel trapped more often than...

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Chand Baori - One of India's Deepest and Largest Step Wells

Step wells are the unique concept of India. These big tanks were used as cool places of resort and water reservoir in parched days. It was a ritual to wash hands and feet before visiting the...

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Experiencing India on the Road - Nano Drive With MTV Season 2

In the words of Polish journalist and poet Ryszard Kapuściński, “A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts much...

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Day 1 : Eastward Bound on Drive With MTV Season 2

So the 12 finalists for the Nano Drive with MTV Season 2 assembled in Nagpur to set off for the epic trip. Why Nagpur, you wonder? Because Nagpur is famous for its oranges and MTV and Nano people love...

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Nagpur: Beyond Oranges and Cricket Stadium

Nagpur - More than just Orange CityReserve Bank of India’s Nagpur branch holds most of India’s gold deposits. The city is also ‘the Tiger Capital of India’ and also functions as ‘the Winter Capital of...

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Misty Mountains, Military Men & Mandirs

Road Trips! Ah! I am just back from an incredible road trip traversing a huge part of south and east India, and I am sure all my fellow traveller friends would agree that nothing beats the sense of...

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A Road Trip with Mirza Ghalib

Aye dil-e-nadaan tujhe hua kya hai,Aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai?Mirza Ghalib sahab, one of my best friends since days of yore, was in a rather pensive mood. On regular days he was quite spirited and...

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Rule of the Jungle

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (Chandrapur, Maharashtra)

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Food Photo - Israeli Breakfast in India

I keep forgetting about sharing food photos here. Was browsing through my photos from Mcleodganj and this is what I found - a sample of Israeli breakfast. Looks delicious, doesn't it?This photo was...

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A Great Drive - Entry for Michelin Pilot Experience by Ragini Puri

Tiger(s) spotting in Maharashtra, surfing on playful waves in Andhra Pradesh, scuba diving in rough Orissa sea and last but not in any way the least, ghost hunting in a West Bengal hill station - these...

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Monsoons in the Mountains : A Great Drive - Entry for Michelin Pilot...

‘Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains,’ says Jeffrey Rasley, an acclaimed trekker and writing coach in his book Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain...

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My First Liebster Award

Okay, so I got my first Liebster Award. Many thanks to Niranjan who found my blog worthwhile enough to nominate it for a Liebster.All this while I had never been very serious about blogging, just...

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