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Kochi’s fishing community has a funny (fish) bone
Kochi’s air has a warmth that gently caresses your skin, despite the humid heat. It’s something to do with the port city’s ambling pace, intermingled with the vibrant cultural scene that simply arrests a traveller from the word go. The cloudy summer sky, interspersed with cotton-candy clouds feels intimate, inviting you into a world where
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The Brihadeeswara Temple at Thanjavur-A spiritual feat of grand heights
“There’s no bonding material used to build the Brihadeeswara temple,” a guide spoke in a loud voice to the elderly tourist couple from Mumbai. Their squinting eyes gaped at the 30 m towering gopuram at the entrance, as they tried to fit in the grand granite structure’s impeccably carved relief statues and motifs in their
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The enduring image of wandering soul
Some memories are so potent, that instead of limiting themselves to the realm of space and time, they crystallize into a dimensionless form, only stored as an image between two sheets of butter paper—forever insulated from the influence of Time. And unlike regular memories that float at the surface of our subconscious, reminding us of
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Living on the edge at Mumbai’s Bandstand Promenade
The grey clouds stretch themselves like waking up from a deep afternoon slumber, sucking every drop of sparkle from the sea. They slowly, and then swiftly cover up the suffused rain-washed Sun, taking away its glory and lending the sea a sinister steely state. It’s early evening at Mumbai’s Bandstand Promenade; the sea-licked walkway where
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Going with my ‘gut’ in Singapore – A foodie’s fuss-free travel account
The flight landed smoothly on the tarmac, like butter gliding on a hot toast. The humid evening air engulfed me as I exited the plane, smiling sleepily at the stewardess for keeping me alive. As if she could have played any role in case things went south. My stomach felt the thrill of landing in
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