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  • A Monsoon drive to Balur Estate

    Being the father of your first child is no easy job, especially when you have led a totally carefree life sans paternal responsibilities for almost 6 years. It is equally difficult if not worse being…
  • Charming Chettinad & Magnificent Mansions

    Charming Chettinad? Are you kidding? What is so charming about a place which is arid and hot? Many things – Magnificent mansions, Mouth watering menus, Rural milieu and of course Marvelous temples!…
  • Ancient Homes of India

    The same set of visitors who attended the Yakshagana wanted to see other cultural aspects. Well, there was the cock-fight, but then we would be the only sober people there and it won't be very proper. …
  • Trip to the ever enchanting Tamil Nadu

    We had 5 days at our disposal and wanted to utilize these days fully. So after a long discussion the routes & places were finalized. It was going to be almost 2000 km drive from bangalore back to…
  • Expressway-Sand-Gravel-Snow

    Ever since I got the White Annihilator there was a thought lurking at the back of my mind that I need to take this monster out for a long spin on roads where it actually belongs and not just dabble…
  • Magnificent Pench

    The gear in use was a 20D and 5D mk II body and lenses switched on them as required, were a non L, non IS 300 mm borrowed from Dr. Ghosh and a 50mm prime.
  • Mowglis Playground

    I was in Pench during the Good Friday weekend (Wednesday - Friday) and had a wonderful time. Abheek was there with us for 2 safaris and I had made up my mind not to start yet another travelogue on…
  • Gliding at Moissac, France

    This may not fall into category of a travelogue or a test drive report. But let me go ahead and see if some tbhpians find this interesting. If I have to think about how to make this suitable to be…
  • Sasan Gir – The Last Home to Asiatic Lion

    Last month I was enquiring for the itinerary for Ahmedabad – Nalsarovar – Sasan Gir – Diu – Somnath, finally I completed my trip without Nalsarovar and Somnath because of some personal reasons.…
  • To the moon & back : Chandratal

    This story begins in the last week of September 2010. It had been 3 months since we came back from our Ladakh trip. But all the extensive tlog writing and photograph posting made it seem like just…
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