“Yes I know it is not possible for us to go this time but we have to Monica.” Said I with dissertation writing services a lot of stubbornness. I still have not been able to understand when is the time we as a husband and wife would ever agree on the same matter. She wanted to go to Bodh Gaya and I to Kashi. “No I want to feel enlightenment” said my wife with a lot of determination. “Enlightenment! As if it is something available in the shop. We aren’t Gautama Buddha.” Anyway...

“Come meet the divine and rejuvenate your soul. Come feel the energy and get energized to face all the adversities that life offers. Come to the land of Tulja Bhavani the Goddess of Tuljapur in the district of Osmanabad in the state of Maharasthra in the Indian Subcontinent.” Said Prem with a lot of alacrity and devotion. Tarang was just looking very intrigued by the sudden outburst that his friend Prem just gave. Prem showed the paper from which he read it out and  Alok seeing it exclaimed...

As autumn closes in , India gets even more fervent in the eastern side. Awaiting this festival of the Goddess of power Durga, whole of Bengal gets very feverish with devotion, reverence, love and fondness for their favourite Durga Ma. The Bengalis believe that their Durga Ma is returning home. They pamper her with all the love, affection and care that they can give her in these five days and augment the beginning of the Durga Puja. Come to West Bengal during this time and see the energy, the enthusiasm...

“You have to reach there by tonight.” Said Mukesh with a tone of finality. Abhinav and Aditya looked at each other and wondered how in this earth were they going to reach Bangalore in a day? From Ahmadabad? Is that possible? Anyway their presentation was selected and they had nothing they could do to make things better for them. The next thing they did was take the next flight from Ahmadabad and reached Bangalore by night. Yes flights come expensive but if you are dealing with a presentation...

So come September 28, don your best dancing shoes and be ready to dance to the tune of the world – Garba is here! Navratri 2011 is here! And she is here! Who you would wonder right? To give you more food for thought, she was the one solo artist who could make people dance for hours on end without blinking an eyelid. Last year she said “I am missing Mumbai a lot.”. So if she loved Mumbai why was she away on this nine day celebration? Yes this performer was the main attraction at the Sankalp...

“Well I think I should be getting to know some kind of tour and travel person who would give me the best choice” I said with a big sigh. Monica looked at me with great angst and shook her head in disbelief at how stubborn I could be. I accept I am stubborn when it comes to deciding on a place to travel. But I stay in Mussoorie, a hill station and all I had asked for was just a list of destinations in and around Delhi. I set out for Delhi and headed for the nearest travel guide who could...

“Come fall in love!” Read out my Lavanya as she looked up from the paper. “Hey! Are you giving an advertisement for a Shahrukh Khan movie?” I asked adding that this was his statement in all his movies. Lavanya replied with a no and said that that’s what she felt when she went to Solang Valley. Now she had got tickets to go to Solang Valley again. Yes, she always used to participate in all these competitions, radio shows, lottery tickets in the malls etc and used to be...

“I think it is blue Mom, “said my daughter  reading out the message from her cell. She had got a message from her friend detailing about the nine Navratri colors. It is very common in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra to wear a particular colour on a particular day of  nine navratri . This not only brings in a sense of discipline but also shows a lot of unity in diversity. Besides the explanation for each day with the color rein orces the need for the women to follow this pattern. There...