As soon as it was discovered in the 1990s that Nashik was bestowed with a climate that is ideal for wine-growing it witnessed a tremendous transformation in its lifestyle. Gradually vineyards were dotted through its landscape. And today, when we think of Nashik the rouge and sparkle of wine appears in the back of […]

Alibaug brings to me a picture of Arabian Nights, mainly Aladdin on his magic carpet drifting through the wind, above Alibaug’s rocky, sandy shores, and dense woods. Perhaps he did. The christening of this lazy town was done after a guy named Ali, a rich Bene Israelite, who owned many plantations of mango and coconut. […]

The path meanders through the dense forest. The light filters through the canopy of the trees like liquid beams of gold, and settles on the tender plants that have begun to break through the deep red soil. The silence of the forest is broken by the crunching of the leaves under our feet, as we […]

The sunlight filters through the leaves of tall coconuts, making a pretty mosaic on the red soil. Quaint cottages, with thatched, sloping roofs and neat courtyards peak out of the groves, as birds coo a melody, fluttering in the canopy of the trees. The wind steals through the leaves, bringing with it the fragrance of […]

In the evenings, the tall coconut trees on the coast sway in the wind. At nights, the moonlight ripples on the sea, shimmering and dancing in a wild abandon. But it is the mornings that are the best – a sky of peaches and cream, deep blue sea, and the cold sand on the beach, […]