Maheshwar Musings
Google maps suggested that the tiny, ancient town of Maheshwar on the banks of the Narmada was just an hour away from Indore. But, at the bus stand, I learnt it’s three hours away! I looked a…...
7 Years Ago
Exploring Greenland, Viking Style
It was two minutes past midnight, as I reclined on the comfortable couch of a luxurious expedition ship, somewhere on the high seas that surrounded the largest island in the world – Greenland. Mil...
7 Years Ago
Love Cast in Stone - Erotic Temple Art
India is dotted with many glorious temples, but erotica on the walls of some arouses curiosity and even puzzles tourists. There are various theories about the reason for such vivid depiction of ero…...
7 Years Ago
The Burning Mountains of Iceland
“There are depths of thousands of miles that are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to ...
7 Years Ago
In Quest Of The Forbidden Fruit
There lies a fairy tale land in the bosom of Himachal Pradesh blushing red in autumn with the allure of the ‘forbidden fruit’. Sangla Valley in Kinnaur was the starting point of my exploration of ...
7 Years Ago
Art and Awakening in Puri
Like me, the overnight train that I was travelling on, seemed to believe in slow travel. Shamelessly, without a care in the world, the ‘slow coach’ chugged in five hours late at Puri, Odisha’s f...
7 Years Ago
