India through my eyes–A vendor outside Azhagar Temple, Madurai
Look around any temple in India and you would find vendors selling anything from balloons to masks. This ...
Padmanabhapuram palace, the seat of the Travancore kings
I am off down South India to Tirunelveli again this week for personal reasons ; so here is ...
Birding Diaries– A pied kingfisher looking for its dinner
Somewhere on the way between Tranquebar and Karaikal, late one evening, I found this pied kingfisher looking for ...
Skywatch Friday–Dhanushkodi
A village swept away almost 40 years ago by a tsunami, Dhanushkodi was once the only land link ...
Markets of the world– At the antique market in Karaikudi
A small lane in Karaikudi takes you to an antique market where there is so much colour . ...
December–a quick travel update
The blog has been silent for the last ten days as I have been travelling in and around ...