A Death, Indian Spring and a month in Kolkata: Life in the Times of Corona!
[This is NOT a blog post to tell you to travel or not during the worldwide breakout of Covid 19 pandemic. I am writing this from a lock-down house in Bangalore. This is just an account of how life panned out in past one month, with a series of events occurring while Corona Virus took […]
Dance of Elephant!
“Only at the Manas National Park, you can see a parade of elephants as big!” Exclaimed Debjani, my co passenger on the safari jeep as we looked at the horizon and found the foothill of Himalaya queued with a large herd of gentle giants. More than 100 Asian elephants were seen through a green haze […]
20 Safe & Beautiful Places to Visit in India for Solo Women Travelers
About this blog: As an Indian woman, I am amused and intrigued with her diversity and can never get tired of exploring India’s rich heritage and myriad landscapes. In 2020, I wish to travel to more of India’s unseen coastline, temples of the North that stood witness to dynastic changes reshaping history of the subcontinent, […]
Parasite living
I went to watch Parasite on the penultimate day of Oscar night. Indeed, the movie is a geniotic work. As a privileged Asian, it pinched me hard through an evocative process of smiling, giggling, horrified and grimacing. I tried to remember a few dialogues so that I can use them as quotes for social media […]
A Comprehensive Guide to the Best beaches of Thailand
Beaches of Thailand are world famous for their poetic beauty. Adorning the gulf of Siam and Andaman sea, they play piper to a massive maritime system of South East Asia. The quintessential best beaches of Asia are housed in Thailand. This blog post highlights some of the best Thai beaches where you can lounge by […]
Old Phuket Town Travel Guide: Tracing Back the Legends of Tin-Mining!
About this blog: A World UNESCO heritage town from Thailand, the Old Phuket Town safeguards Phuket’s historical secrets. Like every other old port city, Phuket had seen days of busy industrialists gaping at her womb, full of expensive metal ore. The Chinese came and settled. So did the Indians, Malay and Portuguese. As the earth […]
Exploring the Ancient Zanzibari Doors at Stonetown!
About this blog: Doors of Zanzibar are historical artifacts documenting turbulent past of the island nation, tiny yet a key player in the old world trade route. Colonists came from as far as Arab nations, settled here, traded in human flesh. Europeans followed suit soon. Some sailors of Gujarat from India’s west coast stepped in […]
0২. গোয়া ভ্রমণ : Bengali Travel Podcast
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Zanzibar: an Island that Resembles a Poem! A Photo-blog.
“Cocoa-fringed shore of purest white, and the sea blue as a slab of lapis lazuli.” Sir Richard Burton It was love at first sight. Zanzibar is breathtakingly beautiful. I agree, it is sweaty humid. The sun scorches your skin before you know it! Everyone wants to take you to Prison island. Yet, Zanzibar is painfully […]
02. Podcast: Food Lovers Guide to Goa
Goa Cuisine has intense influence of 450 years of Portuguese rule. Add to that, the local produce of bountiful coconut groves, kokum, tamarind, red rice and more. Goa emerges as one of the leading destination for food-lovers. Beef and pork are part of traditional food spread of Goa. Add to that, fresh sea food, from […]