A small diversion of the beautiful 8 lane Bangalore – Mysore freeway, down some terrible narrow roads and Bingo, you are smack in the middle of Nagarhole National Park, also known as Rajiv Gandhi National Park. It was a long weekend in early May and we decided, like scores of others to hightail out of [...]
Sankranti in Keeramanda Sankranti the harvest festival is celebrated all over India under various names, Lohri in the North, Makaharra Sankranti in the North West, Bihu in Assam, Pongal in Tamil Nadu and so on. As most of you would know, India is largely agrarian and the heart of this country still beats among the [...]
Adventure camp at Kondaji When one is wheelchair bound and accessibility limited in a country like India, going on an adventure trip is no minor event. But that’s exactly what I was on, as I struggled to make myself comfortable in my hard seat at 11.00 p.m of December 19th 2008. The Association of People [...]
Colours, Clay and Drum Beats The drum beats of the Karnataka dancers still reverberates in my ears as they pranced from side to side, beating their huge drums in unison, even while yelling out calls from the depths of their heaving bellies. The Bihu dancers from Assam danced with just as much zest, cymbals clanking, [...]
Holidaying in Shimoga While I enjoy traveling, it is only recently that I realized that Jasmine, who also works with me, equally enjoys checking out some new places. And so it was that on a Thursday afternoon we decided we would be heading to Jog Falls in Northern Karnataka the next day. Jasmine her sister [...]
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