On a night walk in the “पोल ” of Old Ahmedabad

June 20, 2018 0 Comments

The olden part of any city carries the history within into the present. It usually has an old world charm attached to it. Be it old Delhi’s Chandani chowk  or old night walk in Ahmedabad’s “poles”. I am based in Ahmedabad, old Ahmedabad is one area I have not been able to visit even after …

The November Trail

November 28, 2017 0 Comments

  This November trip was an all train trip. Indian railways go crazy during winter months due to fog. This year, Delhi smog was the said culprit. The winter fog was still to  set in but the smog made it tough for trains to reach on time. We were to board Swaran Jayanti Shatabadi (train …

On a Sunday Morning : At Bharatpur National Bird park

November 17, 2012 0 Comments

We were planning to visit this national bird park since long, and the opportunity came in, when I received an invite from an old friend Nahid to attend her daughter’s wedding at Mathura. It was my first chance to witness and be part of nikah. As the wedding was in day time,we planned to visit …

Vaishno DeviYatra

December 20, 2011 0 Comments

It is a general belief and saying that one can visit Vaishno devi (Mother goddess) only when Mother calls one to her abode. I had been invited by Mother in 1981/82, almost 30 years ago. I kept believing that I will go only if there is an invite from her. On 1st December, my husband told …

Puraana Quila, New Delhi, India

November 13, 2011 0 Comments

Though I had been living in and around the national capital, New Delhi for the last two decades, with a few years of sojourns away from the hustle and bustle of the region, it is my first visit to this monument. With children grown up and flown away to find their own horizons in the …