Posted in DesiPundit, tagged Dharamshala, Mcleodganj, Mcleodgunj, monasteries, monastery, monks, moods of monks, photoessay, Sikkim on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In monasteries, as everywhere else in India, cricket rules. Here, one chilly winter morning at Bylakuppe near Coorg in Karnataka, young monks are at serious play…
Monks need some time off too. A couple of them here chewing thoughtfully on timepass moongphali, at Rumtek monastery in Sikkim…
Monks and mobile phones is a recurring theme in my [...]
Posted in This and that on June 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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The husband and I hope to participate in this challenging travel contest. [...]
Posted in This and that on June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mommeeeeeee, they are making fun of me…
{What the duck}
While on traveling with a camera, read what Neha Dara of HT says about us click-a-lots.
Me, I cannot even think of a holiday without a camera. However, while I am trigger-happy with the camera, it is seldom for the sake of saving that moment for posterity. It [...]
Posted in DesiPundit, This and that, tagged Dharamshala, introspection, Mcleodganj, Mcleodgunj, monasteries, monastery, monks, moods of monks, photoessay, prayer, Sikkim on June 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The silent, introspective poses…
At Rumtek near Gangtok considered the largest and most important monastery in Sikkim…
A few days later, at Pemayangtse monastery near Pelling in West Sikkim, a young monk fills lamps with oil in readiness for the next day’s prayers…
From Mcleodganj, one of my all-time favorites, a monk in prayer…
Another interesting time for monk-watching [...]
Posted in Life is a beach, Maharshtra weekends, tagged fishermen, Konkan, Konkan coast, Maharashtra, Sagareshwar, Sawantwadi, Sindhudurg, Vengurla, Vengurla jetty, virgin beach on June 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Early morning at Vengurla jetty…
And then a beach to ourselves at Sagareshwar. Only crows and a few fishermen for company.
Information: this was last December, over the Christmas break – we were based at Nandan Farms in Sawantwadi, just over an hour’s drive away.
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Cross-posted on the Culture Aangan blog…
Posted in This and that, tagged heritage, Hoysala, Karnataka, Mysore, Somnathpur, South India, temple on June 23, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The Keshava temple at Somnathpur, built in 1268 A.D. by the Hoysalas is the quieter cousin of the more famous temples from the same era at Belur and Halebidu. This Sunday morning, I have the temple to myself for almost an hour; no tourists, no noise, only the quiet stillness of history.
Posted in DesiPundit, Published, Turkish delights, tagged Bosphorus, Bosphorus cruise, Hindustan Times, HT Cafe, in print, Istanbul, Published, river cruise, turkey on June 22, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The simit vendor shakes his fist at me. He is tired of tourists taking photographs of him and his pretty sesame-flecked looped bread without buying anything. On the other side, my friend is trying hard to not shake her fists at me; instead she points to her watch impatiently. We barely have time to grab [...]
Posted in DesiPundit, Maharshtra weekends, tagged Culture Aangan, homestay, Konkan, Maharashtra, Sindhudurg on June 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Here is a plug for what I think is a worthy cause – Culture Aangan is a Bombay-based NGO that works in the Sindhudurg region – they have homestays and several women’s self help groups. I recently spent a few days at the homestay place in Shirgaon near Devgadh… I am helping them set up [...]
Posted in DesiPundit, Published, tagged Amritsar, Desilit magazine, in print, India, India Pakistan border, Indian army, Partition, photoessay, Published, Punjab, Wagah Border on June 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Charukesi Ramadurai visits the Wagah border and comes away shaken and stirred in equal measure…
Shouldn’t we take a book to read since we are going to be reaching so early? I wondered aloud. I had imagined us getting there well before it was to begin, walking gracefully up the gallery to find seats that gave [...]
Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey - Pat Conroy
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing"
- Daniel J. Boorstin
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
- Martin Buber
A good holiday is one that is spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours
- J. B. Priestley
For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort
- Aldous Huxley
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