Five simple travel safety tips for your international travels
Throwback to our first holiday in Europe a decade ago. It was 7 pm and we had just landed in Rome. We had taken a ...
48 hours in Prague – Beer, golems, dancing houses
My 48 hours in Prague starts with a gaunt skeleton called Death. I am lost in the annals of time as I stand there along ...
Times Passion Trails – Fifteen favourite experiences in Odisha
There is something special about curated travel trails. They literally bring a bus load of people from different walks of life bound by a common ...
The Sadhus and Naga Sadhus of Prayag Kumbh – A ...
There are Sadhus and Sadhus and then there are the Naga Sadhus. They are quirky, dramatic, volatile, intimidating and are undoubtedly the show stoppers of ...
My tryst with spirituality in the Prayag Kumbh 2019
I was one of the many crores (millions) of people who headed to the Prayag Kumbh 2019 – which was the Ardh Kumbh Mela in ...
Soaring High at Araku Hot Air Balloon Festival
I wake up to a white world in Araku Valley. It is not snowing but the curtain of fog has descended on the landscape wrapping ...
Tales of djinns and black magic from Bahla Fort Oman
My trip to Oman starts with a ghost story and a haunted fort. It is a hot afternoon and I am standing at the foot ...