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…
Yet More Pictures from Ladakh
It has been such a long time I have travelled anywhere. The trip to Bangalore was not so much for tourism but for visiting family. We thought of going to Bharatpur Bird Santuary but we just could not go. Now H is in London but we plan to go someplace in Chamba (Himanchal Pradesh) in…
Some More Pictures From Bangalore
When I was in Bangalore in the first week of November, the weather was beautiful and I had a nice time going around with my camera. Here are some more flowers from Bangalore, the first one is Poinsettia and the second one is a red anthurium! I have always been partial to flowers! I am…
Catch Them Young: A New Record
My lovely niece got her first letter in mail yesterday. It was my sis who opened it and called me up immediately afterwards. While she was talking to me, I could hear my brother-in-law laughing in the background. I begged my sis to dictate some of the matter of that letter to me over the…