Colorful Truck Art This truck again asks us to ‘horn please.’ The art on this one is quite colorful and instantly caught my eye. The Hindi line says, “Think really hard what would you take away when you leave this world.” What do you say to that? I liked the colors on the back so…
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Horn Please, It Happens Only in India
Horn Bajayen, That is Horn Please in Hindi! We were taking lunch at a Dhaba near the railway station at Barog. And this tractor that invited everyone to honk was parked nearby! And yet I get annoyed when people honk at me. I mean half of us (OK maybe much less than half) somehow believe…
Renewing Indian Passport at a Different Address
How difficult could be renewing Indian passport at a different address? Well, if you go by my experience if was a hell of an experience, one that I will never like to repeat. My first passport was done when I was in college at IIT Kanpur and I had to renew it at Gurgaon where…
Incredible India- The Little that I have Seen
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNjSzLK3z4A&hl=en&fs=1] Incredible India, The Places that I have Visited
Incredible India!
I have set up a Google news alert for India tourism and that is how I came across this article at a website called domain-b.com. It talks about the Ministry of Tourism plans to spend Rs 20 Crores on online advertising. So far so good.The article on domain-b also talks about the Incredible India Website….
Those Long Walks!
I am quite fond of walking, particularly those long walks to nowhere, and it has landed me in all kind of interesting situations. I think it gets interesting because I am scared of dogs. Sometimes I get caught in the rains. I do not care much about the rains but somehow my camera does. So it…
The ATM Culture in Jaipur
Street Food near Abmer Fort, Jaipur While in Jaipur, I noticed that the place is not only colorful, but people behave differently too. I needed to withdraw some money from the ATM. So the auto driver, Gopi took me to one. I wonder what is your experience of taking out money in India but in…
Dhankar Lake, Spiti
I still remember the day so clearly. Dhankar was our last stop on the Spiti Homestay Trek. And the place is magical. The Dhankar village in itself is so charming, our homestay was in a house next to the fort in ruins. The river Spiti flows by the village and the sunset was over majestic…
Images from Bangalore around Dusshera Time
I clicked this picture in Jayanagar in Bangalore two years back. In India banana leaves are used in may festivals and I found it quite interesting that the traffic police booth was decorated with it on Ayudh Pooja. I have not seen anything like this in the North India, where I have lived for most…
Plastic Menance and Travel in India
Potato Chips and Colas on Sale, Near Abby Falls, Coorg Many hill stations (Like Shimla and Manali) have banned plastic bags. And that is good. Otherwise the amount of plastic that we can throw around is just amazing. But then if we will not throw plastic bags then we will throw chips foils and plastic…