100 Stories of India
Orchha – a treasure house of stories
It’s not every day that you get to stay in a palace but here I am sleeping in one of ...
Climbing Samanar Hills in Madurai for a slice of history
A few years ago, I had attended a course on Jainism in South India, primarily in Tamil Nadu and I ...
Thirumalai Nayak Mahal – a 17th century palace in Madurai
An old lady, looking very graceful with silvery strands of hair matching the silver anklets she was carrying in her ...
In a lost royal town called Tripunithura in Kerala
It had been a rather uneventful journey from Kochi to Thrippunithura or Tripunithura in Kerala. As I pottered around, I ...
Time travel 2000 years ago to Karla Bhaja Caves of ...
Imagine for a moment that you are a time traveller. It is over 2000 years ago and we are at ...
Diamond Triangle of Odisha – Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, Udaygiri
Diamond Triangle of Odisha – The Buddhist Triangle On a pleasant wind swept morning, I followed the footsteps of the ...