The 15th edition of #MSDesertStorm concluded its leg 4 at Jaisalmer with CS Santosh extending his lead by around 10 minutes ahead of R Nataraj. The participants completed a total distance of around 300 KM along the city’s golden Sam dunes crossing Turkon ki Basti, Siambar and Mangaliyawas. Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm is now entering…
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Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm gets Underway
Motorsport has always challenged the imagination and competitive spirit of mankind since its inception. It pushes the limits of both, the man and the machine, by traversing them through a series of mental and physical barriers. Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm personifies these traits. In India, following its belief of making motorsport accessible to its enthusiasts,…
Meeting Mahaveer Swami the Famous Miniature Painter from Bikaner
We got out of our car in a narrow by-lane of Bikaner. It was getting dark too. And then we walked some distance to reach Mr Mahaveer Swami’s workshop. Mr Mahaveer Swami is a renowned painter from Bikaner, he does art in the miniature form. Almost all his paintings sell in six figures and more….
Bikaner- A Weekend Getaway from Delhi
Bikaner a weekend getaway from Delhi, is a historic city in Rajasthan. Did you consider Bikaner as a weekend option from Delhi/NCR? I did not, till I actually traveled to Bikaner this year. There is a convenient night train (12457, 11.35 pm from Sarai Rohilla) which you can board from Sarai Rohilla, Delhi Cant or Gurgaon…
Food and Me- Stories from Narendra Bhawan Bikaner
What do I say about food? Food should be an integral part of travel but if you have been following my blog you can see that I hardly ever talk about food. Food and me, food is not my forte! There are many reasons for this. I will tell you my food story along with…
When She Saw the Taj Mahal for the First Time #ErtigaHolidayDiaries
We decided to travel to Agra for a short trip on the 1st January. A few hours into the journey it felt like everyone else was also doing the same. We did not take the Yamuna Expressway, beyond Mathura the traffic caught with us. It was a party of women and children, my daughter Chhavi…
Stories from Narendra Bhawan, Bikaner
I wanted to name this post ‘the men and the stories from Narendra Bhawan, Bikaner‘ but I don’t know why I settled just for stories from Narendra Bhawan! I was invited to the hotel in the first week of January 2017. I decided to write about the stories first, the usual stuff will follow soon….
Christmas Banter 2016 at the Imperial, Delhi
It is that time of the year when the world gets into the festive mood; its time to celebrate Christmas and bring in the New Year. The Imperial, New Delhi celebrated Christmas Banter on 16th December and I was invited to the event. This was my second Christmas Banter celebration with them and I love…
How Not to Restore Hawa Mahal
I visited Jaipur in December 2016 with my parents-in-law. So I proudly took them to Hawa Mahal as it is one of my favorite monuments. Agreed it is smaller in comparison to Amber Fort and City Palace, but Hawa Mahal is one of the most recognizable icon of the city. Personally I loved the colored…
Jaipur to Gurgaon by Shatabdi with a Special Reference to Garhi Harsaru
I recently visited Jaipur with my parents-in-law. My husband or Chhavi didn’t join us as one had office and the other school. We had a nice trip but today’s story is about our return journey from Jaipur to Gurgaon by Shatabdi Express. The train is 12016 Ajmer Shatabdi Express. There was a time when I…