Mehrauli: Herein Lies a King
Mehrauli Mehrauli has always been around the corner from where I have lived these past seven years. Despite this, beyond visiting the Qutub Minar time and again, seeking solace at […]
People & Culture
Sri Babaji: Immortal Yogi of the Himalayas
Author: Romola ButaliaFirst Edition: 2007 (out of print)Publisher: Vasudeva Kutumbakam Chief Distributor: Motilal BanarsidassPaperback: Rs. 295/ ISBN: 978-81-208-3257-2Pp: 188 pages + 12 pages colour photographs Sri Babaji Immortal Yogi of […]
Gondeshwar Temple – Lesser known temples
Kamal Kumar Bandyopadhyay visits the Gondeshwar temple near Nashik in Maharashtra. He loves to travel and explore lesser known places of our country. Here, he shares his fascination with this […]
Environment: Insects ~ Little Things in Life
The Beginning The origin of insects is hidden in the mists of time. The sea and the North and South Poles are possibly the only environments that cannot support insect […]
The Path of Practice – Maya Tiwari
Romola Butalia reviews Maya Tiwari’s book, The Path of Practice. This book is about Ayurvedic healing techniques through breath, sound and food. One of the simplest introductions to a step-by-step practice […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
India Overview – Passage to India
India rewards the traveller with her spectacular landscapes, monumental architecture, timeless history, cultural kaleidoscope and romance and mysticism. On August 15, 1947 India attained independence. It adopted a parliamentary system of […]
Hampi – UNESCO World Heritage site
Far from the mad crowded city life, we had two days of complete and absolute bliss at Hampi. The erstwhile capital of the Vijaynagar Empire (14th-17th century A.D.) was like […]