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Our holiday to Munnar began on a morning towards the end of August; indeed an august time to visit the verdant hill station on the Western Ghats in central Kerala. With the monsoons at its fag end, the hills and valleys of Munnar looked like it had just come...
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Much as we are terrified by wild animals, our fascination for these creatures makes us want to make wildlife tours every now and then. Today as I sit and recall my expeditions to Mudumalai, Bandipur and Thekkady and the many journeys between the forested borders of Tamilnadu, Kerala and...
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High up on the Pir Panjal Range in the lofty Himalayas, Rohtang Pass was the highlight of our Manali vacation. This ancient mountain pass is about 50 kilometers from Manali on the Manali – Leh highway and is a must-experience if you go that side. I’m told that this place...
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If I were to put down my account of my visit to Shimla, it would have to begin with the train journey, as half the experience is in actually getting there. The journey to the beautiful hill station began at Kalka where we boarded the mountain train to Shimla....
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The temple at Talacauvery and the temple tank It was when I was doing my masters that we had gone to Bhagmandala in Coorg* to do a media survey there. After a day of hard work, we drove towards the Brahmagiri Hill on the slopes of which lies Talakaveri,...
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“In Goa, if you picked up a stone and threw it, it would either fall on a church or a pig,” said a tourist guide in Goa, meaning to say just how many churches and pigs you would find in this small Indian state that was once a Portuguese...
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A part of the wall that overlooks the hills It was when we were Masters students at Mysore University that we decided to go on a trip to Gopalaswamy Betta, a quiet hilly retreat, far from the madding crowd. This Betta (Hill in Kannada) was just around 80 kilometres...
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It was on the way to Jaisalmer that I first saw desert sand. We were on a train and the car began to get all dusty. In a few minutes there were layers and layers of dust on the seats. People were closing the windows of the non-a/c sleeper...
Our holiday to Munnar began on a morning towards the end of August; indeed an august time to visit the verdant hill station on the Western Ghats in central Kerala. With the monsoons at its fag end, the hills and valleys of Munnar looked like it had just come...
Much as we are terrified by wild animals, our fascination for these creatures makes us want to make wildlife tours every now and then. Today as I sit and recall my expeditions to Mudumalai, Bandipur and Thekkady and the many journeys between the forested borders of Tamilnadu, Kerala and...
High up on the Pir Panjal Range in the lofty Himalayas, Rohtang Pass was the highlight of our Manali vacation. This ancient mountain pass is about 50 kilometers from Manali on the Manali – Leh highway and is a must-experience if you go that side. I’m told that this place...
If I were to put down my account of my visit to Shimla, it would have to begin with the train journey, as half the experience is in actually getting there. The journey to the beautiful hill station began at Kalka where we boarded the mountain train to Shimla....
The temple at Talacauvery and the temple tank It was when I was doing my masters that we had gone to Bhagmandala in Coorg* to do a media survey there. After a day of hard work, we drove towards the Brahmagiri Hill on the slopes of which lies Talakaveri,...
“In Goa, if you picked up a stone and threw it, it would either fall on a church or a pig,” said a tourist guide in Goa, meaning to say just how many churches and pigs you would find in this small Indian state that was once a Portuguese...
A part of the wall that overlooks the hills It was when we were Masters students at Mysore University that we decided to go on a trip to Gopalaswamy Betta, a quiet hilly retreat, far from the madding crowd. This Betta (Hill in Kannada) was just around 80 kilometres...
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It was on the way to Jaisalmer that I first saw desert sand. We were on a train and the car began to get all dusty. In a few minutes there were layers and layers of dust on the seats. People were closing the windows of the non-a/c sleeper...