Mandvi: Own a private beach
Everyone loves a beach holiday. And what about when you can afford a private pristine white sand...
Quiet mountains of South Sikkim
Think of Sikkim and the images of snow clad peaks, terraced rice fields, lushly forested hills, misty clouds setting in the deep valleys,...
Vadodara – city of cultural connoisseurs
I don’t know why I had never kept Vadodara in my bucket list. After all this is one city that cares excessively for culture, a princely...
Champaner: The old world’s charm
‘In history lies all the secrets of statecraft’ Few faint images cross your mind when you talk...
Crossing the uncharted territory: Chaari Dhaand
Its 4 am and I am driving on a surface that looks more Martian than that of our planet. The baked, grey earth over which we are driving is...
Wow Vav
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the ingenious architecture of the Shahi Baoli in Imambara, Lucknow. That was the beginning of my love...
Udaipur – where history still lives
I was in the regal city of Udaipur, a romantic destination, set amid lakes and dotted with palaces....
History arrested in stone….
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the ingenious architecture of the Shahi Baoli in Bada Imambara, Lucknow. That was the beginning of my...
Eating out in Lucknow
When it comes to food, Lucknow has few parallels in India. While times have changed, and Lucknow of today, lacks the athletics, artesia,...
A spiritual odyssey
A quaint spiritual town offering you even quainter images of peddlers selling religious paintings...