Kashmir Great Lakes Trek is a wonderful way to explore paradise. As you trek from one lake to another through green meadows, birches and pine and sometimes scaling up steep mountain sides, you will surely count your blessings for being…
Street Life in Kolkata, India
The best way to experience Kolkata is to walk on the various streets, navigating through buses, trams, cabs and of course sea of people moving around busily. If you have time, then amid all the chaos walk leisurely on the…
“Inside” a Mother’s Heart, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Walk is a spectacular journey through the old and the new and I enjoyed every moment of it. Infact, it is one of my favorite cities in Europe and given a chance I would happily stroll around Berlin for…
Springtime in Mughal Gardens, Kashmir, India
Spring is in the air, am waking up to singing birds, cool breeze and warm sunshine. I sat in the park bench in the morning watching the flower buds all set to bloom and started humming under my breath “Rind…
Millionaire Town now in ruins, Lakhpat Fort, India
During a recent visit to a Gurudwara, as I knelt down in prayer, I was reminded of my visit to yet another Gurudwara in the western tip of India which is located within the ruined Lakhpat Fort. Lakhpat or Millionaire…
Angels in Snow White Land; Ladakh, India
I was blissfully walking on ice between Tilat Sumdo and Shingra Koma, admiring the high mountains and the contrast of the white snow. Suddenly, there was a catch on my back and a stabbing pain. The familiar pain was a…
Stopping by Chadar on a Snowy Morning; Ladakh, India
After spending about 4 nights in different camps during the Chadar Trek along the frozen river Zanskar, we woke up one morning in Tibb to heavy snowfall. It was hard to emerge out of the cozy little sleeping bag but…
Flying over Himalayas from Delhi to Leh
Himalayan Range is the crowning glory of India. Rightly named as the Snow Abode, it occupies a special place in the religious and cultural fabric of India across Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The revered Hindu Gods are believed to reside…
First Glimpse of “Chadar”- Ladakh, India
Sometimes in life you feel a void inspite of everything being the way you want it to be or rather they are supposed to be. At that point, the soul begins a search for that something to bridge the void,…
Horn Art from India
I was rooted to the spot in front of a makeshift Pandal in Kolkata during Puja 2013. The makeshift horn pandal and display of Horn Art was spectacular to say the least. My camera could not do justice to what I…