Seshadri likes just one kind of holidays, going to the mountains and walking there a lot. On our recent trip to Hadsar, we walked 12 kilometers evey day, for three days. I try to protest initially. I crib that I want a resort kind of a holiday once in a while but in the end…
My gadgets have declared a war on me!
And it is affecting my blog life. As soon as I flip open my mobile phone (a model that is out of production now but I will change it only when it completely conks out) and start writing a SMS to S (a vicarious blogger, wants to know of the blogland but does not blog…
Travelling to Bhamour, Hadsar and Half Way to Mani Mahesh in Himanchal Pradesh, India
We took a train from old Delhi railway station to Pathankot Decebmer 23, 2005. We reached Pathankot the next day 4 hours after the scheduled time. We stuffed Aloo-Parathas (Indian Stuffed Bread) in a hotel next to the bus stand and then took a bus to Chamba. We stayed in Chamba at the night. Next…
A Conversation with Kids from Ladakh
I met this brat pack one afternoon (June, 2005) in Ladakh right in front of my hotel. The biggest brat of the pack was the youngest too; he is sitting in the lap of his sister. The sky was a blazing blue (quite unlike the pale one I see in Delhi), far in distance, loomed…
Bringing you the Sunday Book Market at Daryaganj
I once lamented for the lack of libraries in my corner of the globe but then we do have a good thing and that is the Sunday Book Market of Daryaganj, New Delhi. It is a paradise for book lovers and mostly the books are second hand and dirt cheep. Back issues of magazines like…
Meeting My Fellow Blogger
She lives in the US and me in India. We met over blogs and started reading each-other regularly. She was planning to take a holiday in India and I love writing about my travels. We even exchanged a few emails over many months. Then, I saw a post on her blog, saying she and her…
Any Good Budget Travel Magazines in India?
Since I am so gung-ho about travel, it came as a surprise (to me) that I do not know of any travel magazine in India apart from Outlook Traveller. And that too, I only go to their website. Well, the magazine comes in my college library, but the glossy cover and its outlandish destinations and…
Har-Ki-Doon, Uttranchal, India: Trek is the Way to See
Har-Ki-Doon (HKD) was my third trek with Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI). Our journey started at youth hostel Mussorie. I, along with my husband and younger nephew reached there on May 15. The city of Mussorie is a beauty but in my view to get a real glimpse of beautiful Himalayas, a trek is…
Going Nomad in Ladakh
A few days back when I posted a few pictures from my Ladakh trip, Arun asked me: “Would you be posting some kind of a travelogue on the places you visited?” Now it is a very embarrassing question on a blog named ‘Travel Tales from India.’ It is time to set the score right….
How Exam Copies are (not) Evaluated Sometimes
Through google blogsearch I came to this post from Abyi and he seems to be mystified. Let me share it with you. “The exams started with a bang just after 3 months, little time for us to prepare. Exams were cool, but one thing went wrong & I m glad it did. I was appearing…