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Travel Tuesday – A glimpse of old Angkor, the town

Angkor Wat, the symbol of Cambodia means The Temple City or the city which is now referred only by its ...
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A morning in Puri at the Jagannath Temple

It is a very hazy morning. The egrets stand on the river bed, wrapped in the morning hues. The river ...
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Birding Diaries – Migratory birds in Mangalajodi, Orissa

I am always amazed with the migration of the birds who fly for miles every year to escape the harsh ...
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Pongalo Pongal

Pongal is my favourite dish – both chakkrai or sweet pongal and venn or kara pongal. Incidentally its the only ...
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Sunday Snapshot – A morning in Angkor Wat

I am always a bit wary about taking photographs of people abroad without asking for their permission. However I was ...
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At the Buddhist monastery in Udayagiri, Orissa

I was in Orissa last week and I visited the Buddhist triangle – Ratnagiri, Udayagiri and Lalitgiri which is about ...