Till today I reflect back and still live in this dream that I had lived last year at Ladakh. While I was at Ladakh I made sure I spent the best times with my colleagues and also get to see the best sites in Ladakh. So when we reached the Pangong Lake, it was no surprise element for me for I had got used to the lovely surroundings and the beautiful ambience that Ladakh exuded. Come to this land and you would never want to go back. At a height of around 4300 m, Pangong Tso is the largest Asian lake...

My sister finally did embark on her vacation to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Her travel leave approved and her husband also got the required perks from his office and I was happy to see my sister’s family leave on a long due vacation. Soon after she came back, she came to visit me filled with stories of her trip. She showed us photographs she had taken there and was over the top with her experience at the Barren Island. This island actually lies in the subcontinent of India and is situated...

Sriram always is enthusiastic about Cochin – the hub of God’s own country. He always invites me to come over and enjoy the city’s beauty and the surroundings. This time, I decided come what may, I have to go and see this city. But I have postponed it to next week as the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival is going to start from December 1. Do you know about it? Do you know that you shouldn’t be missing it at all Well the Grand Kerala Shopping Festival, is a very special shopping...

Swapnil always has this fad to go on excursions, expeditions and trekking. I always envied his capacity to go on a weekend trip and come back rejuvenated. These are small lessons to be learnt from others in life. So there was no hesitation when someone asked me for one such expedition to the Bhangarh Fort in the state of Rajasthan. This was a group which was organizing the whole tour. I was glad I had taken the decision of going with them otherwise my aim of getting to be adventurous and a nature...

How often have you ever thought of doing something and then suddenly providence lays its hand on you and you find yourself escalated to that thought? Something very similar to this happened to me sometime back. I was sitting on my armchair and wishing that something exciting and interesting happened in my life when my sister landed and just showed me tickets for a train journey. “Kanipakam” she said, with finality and I realized she had planned our quarterly tour destination. Very soon, we reached...

If ever I have ever thanked myself for something nice that I did in my life it was when I just went up to a travel agency and asked them to book me and my family on a blind tour. Yes, this was the surprise I was giving my family for turning forty. So when the phone call suddenly came and informed us that we were going to Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, for our holidays this time, I wasn’t surprised, but my family was sure shocked at the surprise trip. So I celebrated my fortieth birthday at Kinnaur...

While the world went on with its regular schedule, Nandpur Sahib saw something different. The government of SAD-BJP opened the very talked about “Virasat-e-Khalsa“. This endeavour was opened on Friday. The Five Takht of Sikhism joined together with the main priests co-operating to dedicate the Virasat-e-Khalsa to religion. This is an effort to trace the whole journey travelled by the Sikh gurus from birth. From the time of Guru Nanak to the time of Guru Gobind Singh’s rule, this is...

Srirang always had told me to visit his house in Hyderabad but somehow it never did happen. Finally when I did get the chance to visit Hyderabad with my wife for the marriage of my cousin's daughter I felt this was the time, I should take some time off and visit my college friend Srirang. Srirang is a Maharashtrian settled in Hyderabad. So you would find him inculcating the culture of both the places. His wife Surili is from Uttar Pradesh so whenever I visit Srirang's house, I always feel...