Continued from ‘Jab We Visited Kedarnath’ Day 3Badrinath We straightaway took off for our next halt – Auli. Thankfully it was a long journey because I slept for most of it and woke up when the loo had turned into a pleasant breeze. I rolled down the window and felt my fatigue of hours of …
We started walking towards the temple and it began to snow. People were running around trying to hold on to their umbrellas and pittus were taking the pilgrims downhill by covering the seats with huge plastic covers. We stood under an overcrowded shelter shivering to the core, watching the snowflakes passionately greeting the valley and waited for our chai and Parle-G.
This Hole in the Wall in Bangalore is definitely unmissable for lazy foodies like me. Despite living in Bangalore for several months now, I visited The Hole in the Wall in Kormangala for the first time last week and was surprised to see a long queue, waiting in the sun at 3 p.m. on a …
Why do we click pictures and save them? What does looking at old pictures do to us? Looking at an old picture does nothing but take us back to that very moment when that picture was captured. It enables us to relive that moment which is now clouded with hundreds of other moments, emotions, complaints, …
The truth is, that an open relationship is not about following your heart, it’s about following your hormones. Dear Open Minds, Coming from a small town and having been brought up in an old-school yet a well-to-do business family setup, I would call myself fairly open-minded. Likewise, I am mostly drawn to the similar breed …
The first time my little ears heard the name that sounded similar to ‘Palampur’ was when I watched ‘Raja Hindustani’ in 1996. Remember Aarti’s hometown and Raja’s home with misty air, a copse of trees, vast green meadows? Who won’t fall in love in the lap of such a paradisiacal abode? They called it Palankhet …
Undoubtedly, planning a trip is the most exciting part of it, but do you know what is even more exciting than a plan? Spontaneity. One of the most popular hiking destinations of Himachal Pradesh – Triund in Dharamkot also easily makes for one of India’s cleanest and the most picturesque trekking points. You might think …
The last time I remember being in a scenario where a long forest path with trees on one side and hill on another, led to a secluded neo-Gothic Church, was in a horror movie – both Hollywood & Hindi cinema. The first time it ever happened in real life was when I started walking on …
Nature, river streams, meadows, one feels the need to fall back on them like running to a lover’s arms after a long hard day. But stop walking, pause and ask yourself, do you always need nature to feel calm and peaceful inside ? Sometimes, while walking on a crowded street full of strangers and weirdos, …
