Of New Year Resolutions…

Purple Water Lily

Cheers to a New Year guided by uplifting thoughts and actions! Happy New Year.

01 January, 2009 | Views: 13024

Jim Corbett National Park - Traversing the buffer zone

Monkeys at Jim Corbett National Park

Ramnagar in the Himalayan foothills is a doorway to the famous tiger terrain - Jim Corbett National Park. Soon after the monsoon rains we explored the plush greens there. A visit to the jungle's buffer zone...

28 June, 2008 | Views: 20309

Shovana Narayan on Kathak...

Shovana Narayan Kathak

Shovana Narayan's Kathak performances attempt to bridge the gap between scriptural stories and their relevance today. "Surdas' Bal Krishna asked for the moon. And just look at it, don't today's children also ask for the impossible to be given to

15 April, 2008 | Views: 9008

You should be dancing

Dance gives you a positive body language, and improves presence of mind at the same time. Through it we connect to our true nature and our ego gets dissolved. And we can access and correct the imbalance that affects life from the outside. As

10 April, 2008 | Views: 6647

Competing with Taj Mahal!

Shahji temple Vrindavan

Lucknow temple at Vrindavan, with its blend of European architecture and Lucknow's romanticism, gives the world wonder, Taj Mahal, some competition! Nawab Wajid Ali Shah's Parikhana may not have survived the British, but Lucknow's

18 April, 2008 | Views: 12509

Of Nasik, Trayambakeshwar and Panchwati

Even before the train pulled into Nashik Road railway station, I was smitten by the landscape of this grape valley in the Sahyadri range, in North Maharashtra. Hills encircling the city looked more like mammoth Shivalingams, set against the blue sky

16 May, 2008 | Views: 15454

River Kosi - Jim Corbett National Park

Bird watching at Jim Corbett National Park

Tiger Camp on the outskirts of Jim Corbett National Park, Ramnagar, reverberated with our laughter. Our group of 60 got ready for a walk to the banks of river Kosi. We picked up tidbits of jungle wisdom from our guides while there.

06 April, 2008 | Views: 18821



Meetha Paan, an Indian recipe to enjoy dessert and improve digestion