I finally had the chance to visit the beautiful ISKCON temple in Bangalore on New Year’s Eve. An early morning solo road trip to the ISKCON hill was always on my wish-list. I knew I could visit a near-empty ISKCON on the final day of the year, as most people would be busy arranging their…

This year, I decided to gift myself a solo trip to Chikmagalur on my birthday. I had planned to visit this quaint coffee town long back when I had visited the Halebid-Belur temples. However, we had to cut our trip short back then due to some reason, and I had to wait for 3 more…

So it finally happened! My first international flight: from Kolkata to Kuala Lumpur. I had crossed the borders earlier, but only by car/bus, on two previous journeys, to the neighbouring countries of Nepal and Bhutan. So this was special, and not even the fact that I didn’t get any sleep the night our flight was…

Varanasi was on my bucket list for ages. I had heard of the famed Ganga Aarti from a few friends who had been there and was thus determined to make it to the holy city someday. I finally got an opportunity to visit the place over the Independence Day weekend this year, and I must…

Kerala seemed almost like a paradise to me. The backwaters of Alleppey and the green-clad hills of Munnar, which are synonymous with Kerala, were both awe-inspiring and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We also covered Fort Kochi, the Eravikulam National Park, Kundala Lake, the Mudra Kathakali Centre (where we witnessed a full-fledged Kathakali performance), Kovalam Beach (with its…