एक मॉरीशन प्रवासी की काशी यात्रा
यात्रा, यात्रा होती है, चाहे वह आंतरिक हो या बाहरी. पर कुछ यात्राएं ऐसी होती है जो जितनी बाहरी होती है उससे कही ज्यादा आंतरिक होती है. इन यात्राओं में शरीर जितना बाहर घूमता है उतनी है मन मानस में विचरण करता हैऔर एक ऐसे स्थान पर पहुंच जाता है जहां आंतरिक और बाह्य अस्तित्व […]
SHEKHAWATI – A WONDERLAND OF FRESCOS
What do surnames like the Ruias, the Poddars, the Goenkas, the Jhunjhunwallas, the Birlas, the Kotharis, the Piramals, the Singhanias, the Khaitans, the Bajajs, Kedias and the Bhartiyas have in common ? One, all of them are highly respected business families belonging to the Marwari business community – but another facet of these families is […]
NORTHEAST SOJOURN BEAUTY BEYOND COMPARE
The tiny Maruti 800 labours up the winding roads of Kohima. It is a Sunday and most of the city is closed. Beautiful people dressed in their sunday best emerge from the lanes after the mass at the churches end. We make our way up, to the top of Aradura Hill. Few hours ago, the […]
Temple Run in Bhubaneshwar
The lanes of the old city of Bhubaneshwar are choc-a-block with temples making you wonder if this is how Delhi and other North Indian towns looked before the temples disappeared and tombs appeared. In Bhubaneshwar, however, the temple building continued with some minor sporadic hiccups. The result is that the beautiful city is packed up […]
THE KONKAN – DEW FRESH & CAPTIVATING
Ratnagiri in Maharashtra is the perfect launch pad for anyone who wants to experience the Konkan during the rains. Walk through the fern covered streets to reach the brooding Thibaw Palace, home of the Burmese royal family exiled by the British. Just beyond, admire the views of Kajali River and Bhatye Beach. You can also […]
आध्यात्मिकता का द्वार- केदारनाथ धाम
अगर आप साहसिक और अडवेंचर किस्म के घुम्मकड़ हैं और साथ ही धर्म में आस्था रखते हैं तो इस ग्रीष्मकाल में आप केदारनाथ धाम यात्रा कर सकते हैं। केदारनाथ मन्दिर हिमालय पर्वत की गोद में भारत के उत्तराखण्ड राज्य के रूद्रप्रयाग जिले में स्थित है। प्रतिकूल जलवायु के कारण यह मन्दिर अप्रैल से नवंबर माह […]
EXPERIENCE THE LEAVING BEHIND…. MANALI
I went to this place when I was in my 12th standard. When I was leaving this place then, I had promised that I would be back. Even nine years could not deter my promise … . And I did go back. I went to the place which had got me a taste of snow-clad […]
OH KOLKATA
The rolling syllables of “Calcutta” as the Brits called it, or “Kaligata” as the Bengalis knew it in the past, or “Kolkata” as we call it today, evokes memories of a glorious past in the mind’s eyes of the city’s myriad admirers. This “City of Joy” of Dominic Lapierre that served as the capital of […]
महाकालेश्वर की नगरी उज्जैन…..
आज हम आपको कराते हैं सैर भारत के एक ऐसे नगर की जहाँ का कण–कण भक्ति के रस सेश्रृंगारित है, जहाँ हर सुबह गली चौराहों पर हर हर महादेव के जयकारे सुनाई पड़ते हैं, जहाँ हर छोटे–बड़े गली मुहल्लों व घरों में मंदिर ही मंदिर हैं। भगवान महाकालेश्वर के इस नगर में एक–दो नहीं बल्कि […]
JAIPUR – OF MAHARAJAS, FORTS AND PALACES !
My first visit to Jaipur was when I was a 15-year old. Until then, I had not visited any of the other planned cities of India – be it a Rourkela, a Bokaro or a Chandigarh. I remember having instinctively liked the city ! Compared to my hometown, Ludhiana, I found Jaipur cleaner and better […]
PAHALGAM…. NATURE’S OWN EXOTICA
A determined-looking, dashing Sunny Deol is riding a galloping steed. In a distant lush green meadow, you spot an idyllic log hut (well, log hut here is a euphemism for a sprawling wooden mansion). The large wooden fence around it is both rustic, and low enough for a horse to jump over. Amrita Singh is […]
MY EARLY DAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY BHIMBETKA
Photography = Drawing by light. I Embark upon this journey as I time travel through Bhimbetka Rock Shelters and take a slight liberty of using the above-cited definition of ‘Photography’ to suit this time travel … It was 793 years ago. I wanted to get away from the mundane fighting and hunting that my […]
VO SUBAH KABHI TO AYEGI …. ?
वाराणसी या काशी परंपराओं से अधिक पुराना है। वाराणसी, भौतिक आध्यात्मिक और अलौकिक तत्वों की एक अद्वितीय संयोजन प्रस्तुत करता है। हिंदू पौराणिक कथाओं के अनुसार, वाराणसी मानव शरीर से परम आत्मामुक्त। यह देवत्व की अवधारणा है कि इ के पूरक वाराणसी के गंगा घाट है। गंगा के घाट शायद वाराणसी के पवित्रतम स्थानों में […]
A Walk In The Park Satpura
You would be all-too-familiar with the traits of a typical wildlife enthusiast. His ears pricked like an Alsatian’s, for a real or imagined call of a monkey or a swamp deer; while his eyes would dart around like a sleuth’s, spotting slightest movement in the environs. His tongue, dry and lips chapped, but he is […]
Kaziranga The Rhino Land
NRI Achievers this time round takes you on the wildlife trail, a jungle safari to beautiful and forest rich Assam. Once you enter the sanctuaries, it is indeed a whole world apart, as you would experience from the narrative and the accompanying visuals. If you haven’t yet been there, it is time you gave a […]
AUSCHWITZ REMEMBERING THE WW-II HOLOCAUST AUSCHWITZ
This is the third and final part of the Poland Trilogy we undertook to bring to you two issues ago. In a way, it is my humble homage to the people of various nationalities who were murdered, nay exterminated in cold blood by the Nazis during the World War-II Holocaust all around Eastern Europe. I […]
The City with Many Faces
We continue with our Poland Trilogy in this issue, where we pick up the threads from where we left off the last time. So we move from Warsaw to Krakow, oft cited as the cultural capital of Poland. It is an interesting city, and looks at you Janus-like, with many faces. We explore some of […]
PONDICHERRY A SLICE OF FRANCE
Continuing our travel tale from where we left off last month, we drove off towards Pondicherry from Mahabalipuram – a distance of mere 100 kms. Yet, the East Coast Road off ered vividly changing landscapes – from estuaries to salt-pans, from backwaters to paddy fi elds. Just before entering Pondicherry, we crossed Auroville – the […]