I agree, different people have different travel style. And when it comes to India, your mind might spin around with all that jazz it already has; in the cultural diversity and the diversity in landforms. So, just sit back and let me give you a slight idea of which place in India is apt for […]

For a state that is largely composed of undulating, arid expanses of golden sand, Rajasthan has stunning diversity in cuisine. I was quite struck by this fact when I first visited Rajasthan. A large thali was placed before me, as I sat down to lunch in one of Jaipur’s swanky restaurants. I was fairly stumped […]

Pushkar was created by the gods. Myths are entwined with facts in this quaint town, as I discovered soon after setting foot into it. Located a few kilometers from Ajmer, Rajasthan, Pushkar is quite possibly one of the biggest religious attractions in India. Sitting on one of its 52 ‘ghats’, or steps that lead down […]

The journey begins. I am at the gates now, waiting for the rest of my group. They are not as eager as I am – the sun has quite dulled their spirits, but it doesn’t matter. My sister sips water from her endless supply of bottles and I roll my eyes. A long, winding road […]

‘A thousand years of silence in a goblet of calcareous blue, of distance and moon, fashioned of the bare geography of night.’ I remembered the words of Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet as I stood in the desert, watching the wind mould the sands of Thar. The morning sun cast a golden glow over […]