Travel Blog
As new heritage sites (most of which we are unaware of!) keep getting added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, it gets tedious to track it all. In fact, it feels like a lot but once you glance through them, you realize there are so many sites that need protection and preservation. Here I am listing down the first 19
How many of you actually know of the different festivals that are slated for October, except for Navaratri and Durga Puja? I am sure not many would be aware of this, neither was I, until I started researching! Festivals make everything right somehow – be it a broken heart or even a bad day. The vibe it exudes brings so
I am sure you haven’t heard of these sites (I have heard of only 1!). This September the World Heritage committee will convene and decide on the potential sites that would be added to the list of protected sites. Exciting, isn’t it!! You all might want to know because once those are added to the list then it will start
Boasting of two Chinatowns – one in Tangra and another in Tiretta Bazaar, Kolkata is a perfect place to try authentic Chinese food and I have been fortunate to have tasted food from all the places I have listed in my article.
And it is not one or two or even three. Owing to high tourism demand SEVEN cities are going to get airport connectivity from Jaipur. The domestic destinations to which direct flights is likely to commence from the Jaipur International Airport in the winter schedule are: • Agra • Khajuraho • Varanasi • Bagdogra • Jaisalmer • Bhopal • Patna
Peter Patrao asked, “Would you like to be the wife of a poultry farmer or an academician?” Mona Irani blurted “Farmer, of course!!!” – that’s how it all started way back in 1972 when they bought a 2-acre land for INR 5,000 which was later named “Red Stone Organic Farm”! Built with red bricks procured from levelling the piece of
Aren’t you waiting for the next long weekend? Have you checked out your calendar yet for any possible long weekends in September? If not, do so as fast as possible so that you are prepared with your list of places you can visit during the upcoming long weekends! Pause for a moment, fellow adventurers! I’ve got something up my sleeve
While Cambodia remains known for being the largest religious temple complex in the world – Angkor Wat, we have one in India! Locally called Subrai Khung in the Kokborok language, Unakoti, is well known as the ‘Angkor Wat of The North-East’ and literally means ‘one less than one crore’. It is present in the northeastern state of Tripura. Located in
No Kidding! Can you guess the place? It is Leh in Ladakh! Climate change is real. Even if you keep trying to convince yourself that resources will prevail, then you need to give it serious thought. Resources will be depleted, temperatures will rise further, the frequency of natural calamities will increase, the fertility of soil will decrease, greenhouse gas emissions
As I stepped inside the premises of the once-functional Alipore Central Jail in Kolkata, I was swept by a wave of profound sadness. I know not why. Just 15 minutes walk from my residence in Kolkata, this was one place that I had passed by several times without even giving it a second glance. It bore no real importance in