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This is my attempt to capture the journey of my recent trip to Ooty with a non-formal narrative. With some silly, cheeky, or maybe even philosophical statements involved. You have been warned! This…

The new itinerary now, considering the road conditions, terrain, altitudes and risk of AMS, was devised as Chandigarh, Narkanda, Kalpa, Tabo, Mud, Kaza, Chandratal, Manali, Chandigarh. This route…

July is not the best time to visit Thekkady as it's the peak monsoon season. It would be raining very heavily, but that was precisely one of the reasons why we chose this time. It had been quite hot…

Porsche Boxter is such an attractive looking car and a perfect poser against all these gorgeous backdrops especially in this shade. Here is some "Mustard" for the eyes.

Well, after the THAR came home we had only a few trips to North Bengal and Sikkim. So to have a THAR-like trip, my brother and I planned for a winter trip to Manang ( Nepal ) and we were very excited…

The Chitharal Jain Monuments and Bhagavati Temple are located in Chitharal, a small village about 4 kilometers north of Kuzhithurai town in Kanyakumari District, the southernmost district in mainland…

Finally, after a couple of thoughts, CHAIL-KUFRI-NARKANDA-SHIMLA was decided because this time I wanted the vacations to be more relaxing i.e only a 15-16 hr. drive one way, also going to the height…

The route taken was Manjeri-Areekode-Mukkam-Thiruvambadi-Kodanjeri-Kaithappoyil-Adivaram-Vythiri-Chundale-Kalpatta-Panamaram-Mananthavadi. I was lucky to climb the hill early. I heard the news the…

As a student of Ancient Indian history and having read and re-read Romila Thapar’s ‘Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas’, Nayanjot Lahiri's new work on Asoka and a beautiful work of fiction…

This machine provided me supreme confidence in its capabilities. The only concern was the ground clearance but knowing that people have done this circuit in cars like Honda City 3rd Gen – 160mm…