Travelogues – Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: Valour & Honour
Surajit Basu finds himself viewing a thousand years of history as he stands at the Gwalior Fort, moved by the emotions of valour and honour that are enshrined here. Bundele […]
Month: October 2018
Time Travel: Baolis of Delhi
Sudarshana Srinivasan, a student of History joins a Breakaway walk with Himanshu Verma and fellow-walkers, and falls in love with the past and a heritage that lives on outside the […]
Koraigarh Fort in the Monsoons
Brig (retd.) Xerxes P Adrianwalla spends a day in the monsoons driving from Lonavala past the many waterfalls that line the drive to walk up to Koraigarh fort. He recommends […]
White-breasted Kingfisher: Broadcast News
Bittu Sahgal, renowned environmentalist, pays homage to the white-breasted kingfisher. At eight the other morning, over the professional, jaunty sound of the news, I heard what must be one of […]
Spell of the Sea
Manuel Fernandes has contemplated the sea from varied beaches along the vast Indian coastline. Ratnagiri, Goa, Kerala, and on the east, Puri, in Orissa. He has also made a few […]
The Kumbh : Is it a Transformative Experience?
Raman Nanda freelance print, radio, television and internet journalist writes a series on his impressions of the Kumbh. Millions of people are making their way to the banks of Ganga […]
Kumbh images – Kaleidoscope of Colour
Kumbh Images: The Kumbh is the largest gathering of humanity on Earth. The Kumbh speaks of an ancient living tradition, of time-honoured rituals, of a cultural heritage that lives and […]
Bhangarh Fort – Spooky Tales
Anu Brahma of SBBJ attracted by stories of Bhangarh Fort, near Jaipur, being haunted, visits it to check out whether the spooky tales have any merit. On the National […]
Karnataka: Overview, History, Culture, People
Called Karnadu (elevated land) in ancient times, Karnataka is made up of a series of uplands with an average height of 610 metres above sea level. The Bababudan range in […]
Bookshelf: The Yoga Vashishtha
Romola Butalia reviews Swami Venkatesananda’s translation of The Yoga Vasistha, one of the greatest spiritual treatises from Vedanata philosophy. Contained in this are the spiritual teachings that Sri Rama received […]