Road Trips with kids ā Learning beyond reading and storybooks!
While there are several things one can do to keep children constructively occupied while on the road, I find this is the best time to have conversations with them. You're stuck with each other for ...
Exploring Valley of Flowers: Heaven on earth!
You have to see the valley to believe it. It's not just a meadow. It is hectare upon hectare of heart - achingly beautiful flora. The valley is stretched over mountains, dotted with gurgling stream...
Neemrana and Kumbhalgarh - The Rajput Legacy
The fort housed the descendants of Prithviraj Chauhan III sinceĀ the mid 15th century. Somewhere around the middle of the 20th century, they abandoned the fort. Soon it started falling into ruins li...
Hotel Review: Balrampur House, Nainital
The Balrampur House, Nainital is nestled in about 4 acres of land. This is practically miraculous, given it's proximity to theĀ Naini Lake. The palace is built in the lee of a mountain and that form...
Best of Narkanda - HatuMata Temple & more
Depending on who you ask, this is a temple dedicated either toĀ MandodariĀ or theĀ Goddess KaaliĀ orĀ Draupadi. There seems to be a definite lack of consensus about the identity of the reigning deity he...
For a moment there though we were truly terrified. Neither of us had ever driven on snow or ice before! I drove on gamely, although to be truthful, I could feel the odd tyre spinning freely. The ca...