Facebook Google+ Twitter Lake of moon: Chandratal/Chandertall The cold mountain winds were blowing and making it difficult for me to walk anymore on the rough trek path towards the lake of moon – Chandratal, situated at an altitude of 14100 ft (4300 meters, approx.). Halfway through, Tenzin – our local friend and guide had slowed ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter According to Seneca, travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. This statement holds true for every individual who is constantly experiencing the grind of the city life. Only when our brains and bodies reach an alarmingly dangerous levels do we realize the need to take a break. Quite ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter #IncredibleIndia : Uttrakhand The clouds wandered and sang their own song, the Himalayan ranges told their majestic story and the stunning landscape gorgeously stood standstill. I wished time could stop ticking too and get lazy. Over a cuppa of coffee, plateful of Masala Maggi and hot bread pakoras, when I leisurely played Carrom-board with ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter It was just past sunrise. The water in the river Ganges was shimmering like a sequined stole in bright morning sunlight. The horizon was dotted with silhouettes on one side, and striking, bright colours on the other. Our boat was gently being guided through seemingly placid waters of Ganges. Our boatman, a ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter Last year I spent my Christmas in my mother’s home town of Imphal (capital of Manipur). My dad is from Andhra Pradesh and his being in the armed forces our lifestyle has been nomadic. As soon as we get accustomed to a place it’s time to move again. So this Christmas I ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter One of the interesting wildlife sanctuaries in India, a must visit for nature lovers and photographers. Travel Story “A Perfectly Adventurous Long Weekend Getaway For 5K From Chennai” We wanted to do a perfect long weekend getaway when we had off for “Mahaveer Jayanti-Good Friday.” So, two of my friends and I ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter A racy, over-whelming whirlwind of world’s highest desert! I have been to Ladakh twice. At the outset, I am taking the liberty of sharing the pre-visit experience of my first visit, since it was both perplexing and scary. My first visit to Ladakh was as a mentor for a Fashion & Nature Photography Workshop. It ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter  A ride, of some 125 kms from Ahmedabad, leads you into the quaint town of Mehsana, famous for the magnificent Sun temple built by the great Solanki rulers to venerate Sun for its energy and vitality. This Sun Temple, very much like the Sun temple at Konark, Orissa and Martand, Kashmir seems ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter It’s 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 the Rann of Kutch. The stars are shining overhead in an ink black sky. We have no maps, no road signs or signals, ...