Sonamarg’s snowy slopes are where the new action is
FOR winter sports lovers in India and abroad, there is good news from snowy Kashmir. Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district is being primed to rival Gulmarg, Kashmir’s premier destination for skiing. It is getting a boost with more hotels and facilities of global standards. The picturesque health resort of
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Three Waters, the non-hotel
IT is a villa with just seven rooms, but in its location, architecture and aura it offers a whole world of experiences. For the immersive traveller, it is a trapdoor to the traditional Goan way of life far removed from mindless tourists, messy beaches, loud parties and extortionist taxi drivers.
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When it is time for a reset
IT’s a varied group of people from across the world who find their way to Thirumalayampalayam, a dusty hamlet in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu. Each of them is looking for something to energize body and mind and lift them from the trough into which they have slipped. There
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Take off for Gwalior on a temple adventure
ANYONE with a sense of adventure and a taste for art and history will find some amazing old Hindu temples near Gwalior well worth a small diversion on a trip to the Agra region. It needs just an extra day to visit this cluster of temples near Morena that is
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Bird in stone! Jatayu is world’s biggest sculpture
SPREAD over 65 acres across four hills, the Jatayu Earth’s Centre hosts the world’s largest bird sculpture at an awesome height of 1,000 feet from the bottom of the hill. The bird is none other than the heroic Jatayu, glorified in the Ramayana for valiantly trying to save Sita. The
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From America to India on a mango yatra
ANIL Sharma’s love affair with the mango began around 10 years ago. Walking around a store in Chicago, where he’s been living for 30 years, he spotted Chausa mangoes for sale by sheer chance, he says. He bought a box, took it home, and ate one. It tasted heavenly. “The
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Secrets of the suranga: Spend half a day in Kasaragod’s water caves
THE coastal town of Kasaragod is gradually realizing its tourist potential. True, it doesn’t have the Taj Mahal or the Hawa Mahal. But it has the unique suranga, a narrow cave dug inside a hill which yields crystal-clear water. The suranga, a traditional water-harvesting structure, is an engineering feat. Kasaragod
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An adventure in Darjeeling
Achill in the air, towering pine trees, misty skies, rhododendrons, and the shrill whistle of the toy train. As I entered Darjeeling, the Queen of the Hills was just as I had imagined it to be. It is indeed a compelling place that offers a kaleidoscope of experiences in history,
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