All Souls College, Oxford, UK Of all the places I visited I liked my stay at the Oxford best. But that account will have to wait for sometime. While I was coming back, I was so tired and exhausted on the flight and yet I could not sleep at all. Also for the first time…
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Would Be Back Soon
Finally it is time to head to UK. Would bring back loads of pictures. And try to be more regular when I come back in the first week of November.
Need to Rethink About My Blog!
I mean, it is bad that I am not posting anything and not able to read blogs! Also, I guess I have to get used to a much more hectic schedule on a permanent basis. But then I will take things easy for a while, coming mid week I would be heading to UK, and…
How Many People Visit the Taj Every Year?
My search skills are not as good as I thought them to be! I was trying to find out the number of people visiting the Taj everyday and when I could not find out much, I turned to Indiamike. The super folks there did some search and we now have some numbers. I find the…
Go Search for Agra on Google!
Taj Mahal Needs No Introduction! I ask you to go and search for ‘Agra’ on Google. Follow the first link, Welcome at Officiald Website of Agra, the site is maintained by the Government of India agency, National Informatics Center, or what we all know as the nic.in site. You get a bare looking page. Follow…
BBC Worldwide has Lonely Planet Now!
I am a big fan of the BBC and now they also get associated with the Lonely Planet. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has bought the travel guide publisher, Lonely Planet. … The purchase fits in with BBC plans to grow online revenues and expand operations in America and Australia. Lonely Planet…
A Trip to UK and a Paper on Agra is on Cards
From the Backside of the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort in the Distance, Agra, India And before that I have to finish a paper. So, I am mostly like a dead fish these days. Comments go unanswered and I hardly can think of anything to post. The paper is on ‘online destination image of Agra’ and…
Yet Another BBC Mention!
Remember this picture of the traffic jam? Now it is featured at the BBC too. BBC has asked for pictures of commuting and it is good Deepak who told me about it in a comment and through an email. I am a regular reader at BBC but I had missed this one. And then, it…
Roof Top View of Taj Mahal
Roof Top View of Taj Mahal What happens when you reach to see Taj Mahal on Friday? You have to be contented by viewing it from the roof top of nearby restaurants as the Taj Mahal is closed on Friday. Even though we didn’t go there on Friday we sat on one of the roof…
Preconceived India: Guest Post by Mickey Ashmore
I got a mail from Mickey long time back. He is an undergraduate at Wharton and he was coming to India in summer 2007. Among many other places, he wanted to visit Ladakh and that set a chain of mails back and forth. At some point I asked him to do a guest post for…