Author: Hand of colors

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...
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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 on every traveler’s mind. I had first...
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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...
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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 some qualities we don’t usually...
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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...
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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 enthused, he knew cats are elusive, but out in...
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Lewa: Handpicked Africa…

Destinations, International

The knee high dry grass glistened like burnished gold as first light stretched across the hills....
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