The Konkan trip begins at Amboli Had to take a break. The long-cherished plan to drive around the Konkan coast finally clicks. The unpretentious western coast, where nature is at its serene best, beckons. Leaving the dust and frenzy of…
Weekend Travel in India Congratulations, India. We have done it. We have decided that the act of sitting at home, on one’s own couch is something only the unfortunate and the utterly unimaginative do. Where are all the others? Well,…
Discover the mystical Peralassery Subramanya Temple near Kannur, Kerala—where ancient folklore of Lord Rama’s bangle, snake worship with egg offerings, and a breathtaking North Indian-style stepwell come together in the heart of Malabar.
On a cold winter evening in Pune during the 1990s, I watched Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma create musical magic at the Sawai Gandharva Festival. The next morning, an unexpected encounter with the maestro at Pune airport left me with a memory that has outlived the performance itself—a quiet tribute to one of India's greatest musicians.
Music and Memory Some memories stay with you. A few of them get hazy due to the inexorable march of time and age. Then there are some, that stay with one in all the original clarity. This is about one of mine that stayed. It is a summertime, 45 years ago, when our father took […]
We have spent centuries measuring time with astonishing precision. Then a three-year-old looked at a clock and quietly dismantled everything I thought I knew about reading it.
Hidden beneath the mountains of Kumaon lies one of India's most extraordinary temples. A narrow tunnel leads into a vast underground cave where mythology, symbolism and mystery merge into an unforgettable journey through the world of Patal Bhuvaneshwar.
No locks. No padlocks. No deadbolts. In Maharashtra's remarkable village of Shani Shingnapur, faith in Lord Shani has protected homes, shops and even banks for generations. Journey into one of India's most extraordinary places where trust still triumphs over suspicion.
A quiet village near Trichy hides one of India's greatest engineering achievements. Built nearly two thousand years ago by Karikala Chola, Kallanai still guides the waters of the Cauvery and continues to nourish Tamil Nadu today.
A quiet Saturday on a tenth-floor balcony turns into an unexpected meditation on life. Watching sheep, goats and shepherds move through a small cemetery, ordinary scenes begin to mirror ambition, leadership, failure and mortality. What starts as idle observation slowly becomes a reflection on the strange theatre of the human condition.