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Where is the rule of law? I mean 7 blasts in Bangalore and 12 in Ahmadabad! Words fail me.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAISXd2jmVw&hl=en&fs=1] I thought I will try to write a branding/advertisement post once a week, maybe on Wednesday. Why Wednesday? Because by then I am squarely in the middle of the week and with a strong feeling that I have accomplished very little! The Ad posts, I have decided to write on the Ad Critics. So…

China Peak, Nainital, Uttrakhand Sesha refuses to budge for a short weekend trip. I can see the new semester starting without me traveling anywhere (OK, UK was there but the memories are already fading). I have been appealing to my nephew to come along reminding the fun we had on the Nainital trip together. He…

Arun at India Travel Blog is hosting a very interesting walking series. Go check it out. It is a must for any person who loves to walk.

These days I am hardly traveling, so have to make do with day dreaming. I think all of us have some places that we consider as dream destination. Remember Amitabh Bachchan and Doo lafzon ki hai ye kahani (this is a Hindi movie song filmed in Venice)? I was in school when this movie came…

The first stop this summer seems to be Oxford in June for about a week, and no the visa god’s judgment is yet to be pronounced. Visa gods willing, this time I will try punting, take a walking tour and go on top of the church in Radcliffe Square at Oxford. I will eat at…

7 bombs are said to have gone off in Jaipur. So many dead, the Indian news channels going their usual way, all cacophony, here is the discussion on Indiamike. I have spent quite some time near Jaipur and Jauhari Bazar (Jeweler’s Market) is quite a familiar place for me where I used to shop. Certain…

I was browsing through my sitemeter and followed a link that led to a Hindi translation of my blog.I mean the stuff is hilarious but only if you can read Hindi. Every other line is without context. Sample this- In an ideal world this summer I would like to visit Ladakh again.इस दुनिया में एक…

(Picture Taken at Spitok, Ladakh) In an ideal world this summer I would like to visit Ladakh again. Look at the picture at the left, can you blame me if I yearn to be there again? But when all I can manage is two to three days of leave, tell me where should I go?…

Bhulla Tal, Lansdowne, Uttrakhand This summer is the most unpromising in terms of travel (though it looks quite promising work wise, I am really trying hard not to complain, no really I am trying). So, on many days, I end up looking at the old pictures and drool. When we actually visited the Bhulla Tal…