The Northeast of India is called 'The land of seven sisters' comprising of the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. It's a region which has the prettiest hilly destinations to explore and a vast range of culture and traditions to experience as a tourist in India. And the capital of …
Continue reading Guwahati – The Gateway to Magical Northeast India
Durgapur, a city where countless elderly parents proudly look back at the upbringing and the success stories of their children spread out in every corner of this world. The city, the mention of which brings instant joy in the hearts of thousands who feel the nostalgia of their childhood, their parents, their school, their friends …
Chittaranjan Park (known as C.R. Park), is an affluent and a posh neighborhood in South Delhi and home to a large Bengali community. It was established in the early 1960s under the name EPDP Colony or East Pakistan Displaced Persons Colony, and later renamed after the patriot Chittaranjan Das in the 1980s. With its Kolkata like street food stalls, Bengali cuisine restaurants, fish …
Continue reading A Magical Bengal outside Bengal – Chittaranjan Park, New Delhi
Janmashtami is round the corner and in these rather gloomy days when we all are hoping for better times soon, some happy moments to look forward to for many of us. The celebrations may be muted this year but Lord Krishna would surely travel to town and be in our homes. And our heart. Lock-down …
Continue reading Janmashtami – Lord Krishna travels to town and our home
It was a refreshing first day living nostalgic memories of Varanasi – A Spiritual destination, where I was back as a tourist for the first time. A home to me for four years, this was the city where I had started my professional journey. And all the old memories came rushing back as I sat …
Continue reading Top places to visit and things to do in Varanasi
The train it seemed was running on time. To be doubly sure, I cross checked with the tea vendor and he confirmed it was. Happy hearing that, I immediately jumped down from my top berth and peeped out of the window. And there in front of me was the platform, the train zipping past. And …
Yesterday night he came in my dreams. It was the same house where I had grown up during my childhood days. In the railway colony quarters in Gaya. I called out in happiness, Baba. He rushed towards me, hugged me and kissed me many times. Then he went out to the verandah outside and sat …
The car was now zipping. The roads were smooth. But all seemed new. Had never traveled on this route before. And I started feeling good, discovering the new. The destination though, very old. So old yet every day that we think about or see this place, we discover something new. I was on my way …
