Auroville enlightens!
If you can imagine a 20 sq km area transforming from a barren expanse of red sand and sparse vegetation into a haven of creative thought, divine consciousness, and sustainable living in a few decades, you have successfully imagined Auroville. This township in TamilNadu was created for the sole purpose of realizing human unity. When...
Sanchi Stupa – a mesmerizing dance of Buddhist art and literature
If you reach Sanchi without knowing what our jataka tales are and without having at least one Rs 200 currency note in your wallet, you’re going to miss out on the two big experiences you can have there. Not knowing the jataka tales will mean you will remain amazed by all the well-preserved stone carvings...
Orchha on river Betwa
Water connects people, architecture, religion, mythology, and society to each other in many ways… and this happens not just in India but the world over. Water carries with it hundreds of stories of existence, survival, traditions, rituals, and explanations for that which remains unexplained so far just as easily as it brings to the border...
The story-tellers of Bhimbetaka
There is an explorer within each of us. There are those who move to the mountains and explore the sublime beauty of nature and capture their impressions for others to find solace in them. There are those who find joy in culture or history or even religion. The spirit of exploration is what keeps the...
Indians are now savvy online travellers
There was nothing of the likes of the Google India-BCG Report in the mid-nineties to help me decide the intricacies of my travel plans. Specky was to fly to London as a Commonwealth scholar and a month later my son and I were to join her at York. Besides all the excited syllables floating around,...
The fearful and the fearsome at Bhangarh
Where there are crowds, there will be noise. I’m sure this disorients and puts fear into the ghosts that are said to haunt the ruins of Bhangarh in Rajasthan. The fort of Bhangarh in Alwar district is on the border of Sariska Reserve in the Aravali range and is on a slope overlooked by hills...
Let us get creative with tourism
Travel classification is evolving. It has to because almost every place talked about on the social media is over-flowing with people looking for something. In fact, every place not talked about on the social media is also full of curious people touching, feeling, and experiencing notions that they have as yet only read about. People…...
Great tourism statistics has great ideas working for them
Great tourism statistics has great ideas working for them Look at any of the cities or countries where tourists queue to go to and the first realization is that the government, big corporates, and the people have come together and woven mysteries that bring in people with a lot of curiosity within them. I believe...
