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Trekking In India – A Beginner’s Guide 9

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Trekking, as the dictionary defines it, is to go on a long arduous journey, typically on foot. Sounds quite daunting but yet don’t we quite love it! We hike, tramp, march, slog, trudge or plain old walk. Sometimes to discover or to simply to get away from the mundane. It works like ...

Jim Corbett National Park : Not Just Another Weekend Getaway 1

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter When we learnt Geography in the 8th grade, each one of us remembers learning about the Jim Corbett National Park. Yes, that place famous for the tigers. Remember the Core area and Buffer area ? We finally went there this weekend. Oh, and trust me, this place is better than anything we’ve read ...

Bird Sanctuaries in India | 11 Places To See Indian Birds 2

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter With almost 1301 recorded species of birds, India is a paradise for all bird lovers. Be it the terrestrial birds, endemic birds or the migratory ones, India is home to all. A large variety of landscapes and forests attract a number of foreign birds also. Tourists can visit the top bird watching ...

Everest Releases Today: Twin Trailers of the Saga

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter While I was growing up, I used to think a lot about what made people great. I used to think of various ways to be remembered by people who never knew me – starting from inventing a theory in Physics, to writing a classic. And then, I read one of my grandfather’s books which ...

Scratch Map Of India – Been There, Seen That!

Sep

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Adventures! Don’t they all have us a little hooked? With several different relief systems, geographies, climates, people and attractions of various types, India is that bounty waiting to be explored. We’re all Alices, and India is our potential Wonderland! A few days back, the folks at HummingWhale, have come up with a wonderful idea. ...

The “Sholay Rocks” – A Trip to Gabbar’s Badlands

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Shivlingayya is an old man and his age is around 60 years. I met him at a tea stall sipping a cup of tea. Some forty years back he was witness to making of a monument which would ultimately go on to acquire a status of a colossus and nation’s infatuation. Even ...

Haunted Places In Kolkata | 12 Real Ghost Stories 43

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Ghosts, spirits and paranormal activities are something that some people believe, and some don’t. But one thing that is sure about it is that you cannot just ignore it. From the time a child can understand, he knows what “Bhoot” is! Kolkata is the cultural capital of the country, but as you ...

10 Most Haunted Places in Chennai | Real Ghost Stories 16

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Chennai- One of the four metro cities of the country is widely known for its intellectual crowd, serene beauty and beautiful beaches. It is also a city that stands as a testimony for various paranormal activities, haunted places in Chennnai and eerie sensations. Be it the age-old banyan tree or the suicidal one-sided ...

Haunted Places in Mumbai That You Shouldn’t Dare To Visit Alone! 18

Aug

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter Mumbai! The city of dreams and the city of gold is also a living soul in itself. This ‘infectious city’ is home to a plethora of people, with varied diversity and cultural richness. But the flip side of the coin reveals a dark and spooky nature of the mega-city. There exist horror ...

15 Haunted Places in Delhi | Real Ghost Stories 24

Jul

2015

Facebook Google+ Twitter “I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life.” Mirza Ghalib William Dalrymple’s City of Djinns, Mirza Ghalib’s soul of the world, and the city which holds the promise of shaping the dreams of many into a living reality. Flip the coin and ...