Category: India

India! Many love it; some say they hate it; but no one is indifferent to this vast subcontinent teeming with almost one billion people. A kaleidoscope of color swirled and shifted endlessly; people, cows, and vehicles pressed in closely. Pilgrims …

During our four months trip in India my husband and I stopped in Khajuraho to visit the Erotic Temples. There, we heard of a small village Kundalpur, where hundreds of Jain Monks will gather in a two-day festival to celebrate …

Breakfast has always seemed such a mundane meal to me. The taste-tantalizing delights of a Porterhouse steak, or a filet mignon, topped off with cheesecake or a chocolate sundae, are missing. Instead, my normal fare is juice, fruit, toast, cereal …

India. A country with a dizzying mix of cultures, languages and religions, all merging together to make a unique cocktail of sights, sounds and smells. India is home to over a billion people, making it the second most populated country …

I was taken to a village high up on the mountain, along the narrow road to the Nicholas Roerich Museum. Nicholas Roerich was a Russian Renaissance man who lived from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. He was an …

We drove to Solang Valley, where the Indian winter games are to be held. With this introduction, I got out of the car, only to be mobbed by people offering me a horse-ride to a place they called “Naya Amarnath”. …

What do you get when you cross a kaleidoscope of colour with April Fools Day and a touch of urban guerilla warfare? I found out when I went to India this March to bear witness to Holi. Of the many …

The one thing that still thrills me about my entire stay was the clear, deep blue sky that gently touches your soul and unknowingly makes your heart smile. Not a cloud in the sky during the second week of December. …

As soon as I got off the bus from Delhi early in the morning, I realized Manali had evolved and appeared to be was quite very different from what I had experienced before, and I immediately hoped (the pessimist that …

Welcome to Mumbai, India’s biggest, fastest and richest city. The moment you leave the airport this metropolis, perched on the edge of the Arabian Sea, will, quite simply, bowl you over. Here you don’t really breathe the air so much …