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. […]

So as Ralph Waldo Emerson says “The Earth laughs in flowers”, a glimpse of Kaas might make you believe it is ROFLing with glee. (For those not familiar with the word, it means- rolling on the floor laughing). It is also known as Kaas Pathar, mainly because it is otherwise barren because of porous laterite […]