Author: Hand of colors

Say a morning prayer in Old Goa

Destinations, Goa • One Comment

The Portuguese arrived in Goa around 500 years ago and left their unique footprints. Their...
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Dwarka – of Krishna and Meera

Destinations, West India • 13 Comments

A long, tiring drive across flat, featureless and arid landscape of west Gujarat brought me to Dwarka. The last stage of drive from Rajkot...
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Olaulim: Your own private space in Goa

Destinations

It’s eight in the morning and I am driving past the misty coastline of Goa into the lush green terrain of Pompurpa, riding past verdant...
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Jodhpur: Drenched in blue

Destinations • 8 Comments

An intensely romantic city, filled with history and memories of a glorious past, Jodhpur rides high...
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Hippest cafes in Hauz Khas

Places to eat • One Comment

New Delhi’s Hauz Khas village is a bit scruffy, with its narrow, over-crowded alleys, but it is also the funkiest place in the capital...
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Jungle in my backyard: Mumbai

Destinations • 8 Comments

Yes, I am talking about a real jungle and not the clichéd concrete jungle, which has mostly become synonymous with our cities. Wherever...
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Grace in wood: Padmanabhapuram Palace

Destinations • 6 Comments

Austere aesthetics, monochrome design, wooded architecture and minimalism in interior décor are...
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Dine with Giraffes in the Manor

Destinations, International • 5 Comments

A loud screech of our car wheels and the scrunching of gravel beneath it announced our arrival. The sun settled on the manor draped with...
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A wild charm – Lewa Safari Camp

Hotel Review

I descended from the ‘green capital of the sun’ as Nairobi is fondly called to the lush greens of the Lewa wildlife conservancy,...
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Lewa: Handpicked Africa…(Part II)

Destinations, International

In the next morning safari, I was shamelessly focused on spotting the big cats. Tom wasn’t...
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