"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. " ~ Tagore

Rakhigarhi: In Search of an Unknown Civilisation ~ Surajit Basu
Beckoned to Rakhigarhi in Haryana in the scorching heat of summer by five thousand years of history to be celebrated in a few mounds of earth. Read More...

Shantiniketan: Tagore's Abode of Peace ~ Pallavi Bhattacharya
In 1901, Devendranath’s son, Rabindranath Tagore started a school at Santiniketan modelled on the lines of the ancient gurukul system, which later became Vishva Bharati Read More...

Sun Shrine at Modhera ~ Sanjay Roy Chowdhury
A hectic work schedule at Arvind Mills implies that one hardly gets time to explore the exquisite and unblemished places in and around Ahmedabad. Read More...

Stepped Wells of Gujarat ~ Tanima Roy Chowdhury
Just about 17 Km North of Ahmedabad is the small village of Adalaj, which is famous for the extraordinary stepped-well located near it. Read More...

Elephanta - The Monolithic Majestic Marvel ~ Rachita Gupta
It was a golden Sunday morning in January last that we, a group of 3 office colleagues in Mumbai, set sail from the Gateway of India to the world famous Elephanta Caves. Read More...

Sapphire God of Kolnapaku ~ Y. Radhika
Kolnapaku is a small village surrounded by green fields in the Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh state. To reach it, I began by taking the bus from the capital Hyderabad to Aleru, a small wonderfully sleepy town 60 kms away. Read More...

Kumbha Mela ~ Romola Butalia
History and legends of Kumbha, Simhastha, Ujjain 2004 bathing dates, saints and sages at the Kumbh and more... Read More...

Buddhist Sites in Bihar
From Siddhartha to Sakyamuni and finally to the Buddha or the Enlightened one - an incredible transformation of a prince to an enlightened teacher, who walked the earth more than 2500 years ago. Read More...
Bodhgaya      Gaya      Rajgir      Vaishali      Nalanda     

A Sacred Space - Dhyanalingam ~ Shobha Vishwanath
The Dhyanalingam is regarded as a Guru with an energy of tremendous proportions. Here the transformation of an individual from the limited to the resplendent can happen in an instant. Read More...

Haridwar - River of Time ~ Romola Butalia
What power draws me to the Ganga at Haridwar? I have already paid my debt of having once ignored it. Why does it beckon me still? What living has to be surrendered there that still belongs to me? Read More...

Kedarnath Yatra ~ Biswarup Mukherjee
I am deeply aware of the sense of serenity and wonder when I leave the temple after the evening arati, only to return to Kedarnath a few months later, and to undertake the Panch Kedar Yatra, 2 years later. Read More...

General: Angling - The Last Mahaseer ~ Amar Dhindsa
Plunk! A silver splash breaks the taut skin of the water just upstream of the grey boulder where the rapid enters the calm womb of the turquoise pool. Read More...

Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttaranchal
This U-shaped alpine valley, formed by retreating glaciers, remains snow-covered from November to May. When the ice thaws in June, the valley is rich with herbs, medicinal and flowering plants, which burst into a profusion of colour in July and August. Read More...

Corbett Park, Uttaranchal: Bird-Watching ~ Vivek Tiwari
writes about a 3 day trip he planned to Corbett National Park and the bird-watching he did when he found the Park closed. Read More...

Bhimgad, Karnataka: Batty About Bhimgad ~ Bittu Sahgal
Editor, Sanctuary and Cub Magazines makes a plea to save Bhimgad in Karnataka by making it a wildlife sanctuary. Read More...

Bandipur National Park, Karnataka
Nestling in the foothills of the Nilgiris, main fauna are the tiger, elephant, gaur, leopard, chital, wild dog, sloth bear and sambar. A wide variety of birds like the peafowl, partridge, quail, hornbill and ibis are also found here. Read More...