Thar Desert, situated in the north west part of Rajasthan is the smallest but most densely populated desert of the World. It is a unique place only one of its kind and displays amazing bio diversity. In 1980, Govt of India declared most of the Jaisalmer and Barmer district as Desert National Park to protect…
Agra – The Ultimate Destination hosting The Taj, man made wonder, The Poetry on The Marble is frequented by millions round the year and is indeed a wonder. The Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri comes next in the itinerary. But Agra is much more beyond Taj and Fort, with lesser known monuments strewn around the…
November, one of my favorite month in the calendar when the sky turns really blue, the heat has gone and it opens the floodgates of wanderlust. November means no rains, moderate heat in the plains and mild chill in the hills and sweeping clear views of the snow peaks. Thousands of people rush throughout the…
Nabami, the ninth day of Durgapuja has many times been special for me, when city of Kolkata goes crazy and festive with penultimate hours of annual extravaganza, I often find myself on the road not far from the maddening crowd of the city but far enough to get immersed in the rustic, quaint villages of…
Monsoon is a season not suitable for the hills,national parks and active backpacking through the countryside. But who can quell the wanderlust, so I decided to travel in own courtyard, on short drives to little known places in rural Bengal where there is little or nothing to see but a lot to take away in…
I found myself in a beautiful plateau as my train maneuvered through the tunnels and bends negotiating the hills and forests. Soon, I reached Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh at the heart of the subcontinent.I was there for a photo workshop and our theme was harvesting the Architectural Splendour of Bhopal.Our motto was to learn myriad…
A train colored in blue and white appeared from the hazy table top hills and meandered through the base as I stand on a hilltop on a structure built two millennia ago amidst the plateau of Central India by the Great Mourya Emperor Ashoka. A cool temperate February morning gracefully welcomed at the abode of…
Biting chill pushed me inside when I tried to open the door as Saptkranti Express chugged in a little(or never) known station Bagaha in north western tip of Bihar on the wee hours of 28th Jan, 2016.It turned out to be not so desolate as I thought but still i had no clear idea how…
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