There will be hardly anyone who has lived in Bangalore for more than a few months and has not paid at-least one visit to the famous Nandi hill, the most-visited place in and around the garden-city. So much so that it has actually become a cliché now. I myself have visited nandi hill more than a couple of times …
Category: Travel
Khaspur – A kingdom in ruins
About twenty-five kilometers from the town of Silchar in southern Assam, lie the ruins of one of the most powerful kingdoms of their times, the Kachari kingdom, also known as the Dimasa kingdom. Not much is known about the origin of the Kachari kingdom which was established in the thirteenth century and was finally annexed by the British in 1854 but …
Chicago Architectural Boat Tour
After a week’s worth of work, the weekend was a very welcome break which had to be put to good use which it was. Living in the suburbs has its own charm with not much of a traffic to worry about and a lot of greenery all around, the glimpse of which I had shared …
In Pictures: Trip to Ooty and Kodanad
While shuffling through photos I had taken during my various trips over the years, I bumped upon some old images from the first trip I did soon after I moved to Bangalore. Though these photos are nothing great if we talk about ‘quality’ but photos, according to me, are more about ‘taking us back to the moment‘ when they were …
What is the Best Time To visit North East India?
I have been asked about the best time to visit North East India or the North East as it is also referred to, more than once and every time my answer has been slightly different from the previous one. The reason being, even after being born, brought-up and lived there for over two decades of my …