Hot summer days make all of us long for the beach. There’s this burning desire to let the cool water cleanse you of the perspiration dripping down your skin. A few feet away, the sea sparkled, glittered, and beckoned me. The beach at Kashid is soft, like a newborn’s tender skin, the kind where I […]

It was in late August last year that I fell in love with Pune again. Being a quintessential Punekar, I have – nay, I am honour-bound to have an obsessive love for my city. Though Pune is a city of traditions, it constantly throws up new surprises, enchanting its denizens, and inevitably bolstering their immovable […]

  “What was that?” my sister asked, leaning over the edge of the boat. I kept a firm grasp on her arm. The shadowy shape in the water darted away, and disappeared under the waves. She slumped, disappointed. The sea was a perfect turquoise and the tassels on the awning of our boat fluttered in […]

Nestled in the lap of the Western Ghats, is Matheran, one of the best weekend getaway spots in Maharashtra. It is India’s smallest hill station, and undoubtedly, one of the cleanest too. Located within close proximity of Mumbai and Pune, Matheran is the place for those seeking tranquility, nature, and adventure. Matheran literally means ‘forest on the […]

Summer is here and with the rising heat and rising tempers, nothing speaks ‘holiday’ as succinctly as Goa does. Sandy beaches, shimmering waters, and dense forests; Goa is certainly the vacationer’s paradise. Lazy afternoons spent on hammocks, underneath the cool shade of palms, swaying to the tune of zephyrs blowing in from the sparkling sea, […]