My daughter is a staunch shopaholic. Tell her at any time of the day that you are going to shop and she would accompany you. I, for one, hate shopping, but being a mother I am forced to accompany my daughter whenever she has to shop. And Fashion Street is a place, where she loves to go shopping. This area opposite Azad Maidan in the southern part of Mumbai is the place to go if you want to buy attractive clothes of the current style. The rates are very reasonable and it is famous for all kinds of...

Come to the land of Pratapgarh in Maharashtra and get enchanted by the history it gives you. Stand on top of the hill over which the fort lies and experience the beauty of the surroundings. The place is around 24 kilometers from Mahabaleshwar and is a mountain fort which was built by Shivaji in the year 1656 to 1658 AD. This is the main strategic place where Shivaji won the battle against Afzal Khan who was the commander of the Bijapur Adishahi army. Pratapgarh fort is one fort to be visited while...

Sometimes in life you happen to do things which you later on recall as a great experience. The reason man travels around is to understand the world and its various habits and practices. Such is the situation today that each and every second has become an experience in itself. So when I went to Chennai some time back, I ensured that I do not miss out on any place to see. I was quite relaxed on a vacation and so it as imperative that I don’t miss the Valluvar Kottam either. When I had gone to Chennai...

As the train rumbled on, I was just wondering what this new destination would give me. Papikondalu is such a strange and unique name and I was just waiting eagerly to know what this place would offer me. From the time, I have retired, I take it upon myself to visit places and then write about them. It not only gives me personal satisfaction but also the fact that you read it, makes me want to go to more places and share it with you. So Papi Hills is where I was headed. Monica, my wife had my tickets...

If ever you get a chance to go to Shani Shingnapur please don’t miss it. Because this is a place which I just chanced to visit after my mother convinced me. I work a little distant from my house so the long weekends find me heading back home. So Shani Shingnapur was on the charts when I came home for one such weekend. My mother, a very resourceful lady had already arranged for the tickets and I just am intrigued and puzzled by the way mothers just decide everything and really have no qualms...

Today my nephews are all out abroad and have settled in their respective life. My children are also a part of the student community who have very little time to relax now and all the memories of the past remain a pleasant dream for us now. As Monica, my wife and I drove down through the Aarey Milk Colony; both of us were taken to a time some 10 years ago when we had come to this exact spot with my sister in law and her kids. We reached home and took out our video cassettes. Yes those were the days...

So how ready are you? I asked myself this as I packed my bags. We had all decided to go to the Pushkar fair. Now that I am in Ahmedabad and after the final semester was over, all of us would part ways and go the way we wanted, obviously it was imperative, we do something that would completely seal our college life in our memories. Yes all of us wanted to take back good memories of our times together. Well into the last semester, our placement interviews were due anytime and we had but two months...

If at any point of time you are in India, then you would certainly want to see the beautiful arts and crafts that exist here. This is the land of architectural elegance and beautiful monuments. India is also land of tradition and culture. Ahmedabad is one part of India which you would love to visit just to see the beautiful monuments and galleries here. The exquisite nature of these monuments give you all the reason to feel excited about and this is one place where you would see Indian tradition...