The day I was told about visiting Chikmagalur, all I could think was how wonderful it would be to wander through the coffee plantations and lose myself in the beautiful surroundings. Hill stations always get me excited, for their unparalleled charm and natural cleanliness. After a week of mundane work, meeting deadlines, and commuting in […]

  I dreamt I had gone back to Chakrata (With apologies to Daphne Du Maurier). The mere thought of Chakrata fills me with a wistful longing to go back in nature’s pristine arms. The crystal clear mountain air, the view of the snow capped peaks fills my heart with pleasure. I had visited this small […]

The first thing you’d notice about the food in Kerala is how the flavours seem to jump off your palate. Little surprise considering this is the land of spices with hints of fresh pepper, cardamom, tamarind, cloves, nutmeg and vanilla in the dish, possibly coming from a little plantation in the backyard. The traditional banquet […]

The elegant houses, Portuguese in style, are painted in bright colours – yellow, blue, pink, orange and claret. The sky above is an impossible blue, the air silent, languid, punctuated only by the tinny of an old radio, and the smell of baked bread. A lace curtain flutters in the fragrant wind, dancing to the […]

Goa is the place of good times. Once the haven of hippies, Goa has changed considerably across the ages. But at heart, it still remains the languid land of liberty, where every sunset used to be greeted with applause, and the nights would be lit up by bonfires and forgotten songs. It is a land […]