As I tucked myself into the cozy sheets, I was so filled with nostalgia and memories. Monday blues lingering ahead, this Sunday was one Sunday I never wanted to end. I drifted to sleep and went a fortnight back – no, I wasn’t going into a dream – This was a dream reality. Dream reality? Yes, a real experience that was a dream come true for me. Coming back to drifting back to my dreams, I went back to the paradise I had been to – Kerala. I decided to go to this place by train and not by...

After visiting Siddharth at Pilani, I was on my way back to Mumbai. Siddharth is my nephew. “Do visit Fatehpur Sikri, aunt” Siddharth had told me. His words haunted me and I discontinued my journey to Mumbai. I halted at Delhi. Fatehpur Sikri is around 39 km from the city of Agra. I flew to Agra and reached Fatehpur Sikri in one of the Uttar Pradesh State Transport Buses. Bhushan, the tour guide who knew my sister well, received me at the airport and he was more than happy to furnish me with...

I love driving. I was driving down the road once, when suddenly I came across a child all dressed up in vibrant costumes, huge jewellery and her face was all resplendent. I stopped the car and asked her why she was dressed so. She said she was dressed for the Talent Show in her school. She was dressed as a tribal from Bastar. Bastar? I mused. Oh yes! I had studied about it while in school. Bastar in the present day district of Chhattisgarh in Eastern India. I hurriedly googled the place and found...

I went for a wedding to Delhi and after it was over, I had three days in hand. I looked out to where I could spend the three days till my son joined me from his hostel on the fourth day. I surfed the Internet and found that I had a really nice place to visit and that was the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary. My friend Rohit who is a nature lover and a friend to almost all birds also joined in. I spoke to my sister, a tourist guide to make arrangements and bingo, we were on in almost a couple of hours. Talk...

As the month of Shravan approached, I felt like doing something more than the regular this time. I just realized I could go on a pilgrimage. Pilgrimage it will be then! I decided and the moment I thought pilgrimage, there was only one synonym I could get – Amarnath. It was the month of May. I knew I had to register before a month to be able to get into the Tour schedule. So I booked for the month of July which they say is the best month not only because it is the month of Shravan but also because,...