Surya Namaskar
Surya, the sun: the source of light, life, time, its daily round the oldest story of our ageing and creaking planet. At the Surya Mandir of Modhera in Gujarat,... more>> |  | Roll Call
Stand in front of Nizam’s restaurant on the northeast side of Market Square (now Chaplin Square) and look left. You will see the gingerbread fretwork of the S.S. Hogg Market... more>> |  | Go With The Flow
Sixty miles east of Mount Kailash,a stream trickles down from the Chemay-ungdung mountain range. Known as the Tamchok or ‘horse river’ in Western Tibet, ... more>> |  |
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| Once upon an age there was a flood. A primordial, all-consuming flood. The sage Manu, he of the Hindu law code Manusmriti, took a boat, put various species in it, and rowed across to a lovely... more>> | | The week I spent at Dr Modi’s was one of the best in my mis-spent last decade. It was so satvik, like Yudhishthira I was walking two inches off the ground when I... more>> |
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| | | | Do you travel a lot? I love travelling. I have been to almost every corner of the globe, except... more>> |
| At Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar created an artificial lake in the middle of the... more>> |
| | | On the last leg of our India tour, I must say, we throughly enjoyed... more>> |
| | The hotel was a good experience even though the rest of Pondy wasn''t that great, probably... more>> |
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| | Hi Marco,I have an unusual problem. My wife and I intend driving from Allahabad to Mumbai... more>> |
| | Nouvelle cuisine seems to have found a new home. On the shack-lined beaches of Goa— where prawn curry and spicy vindaloo have reigned supreme—indigenous flavours have ... more>> | | | I find it ironic that the driest city in the country chooses to greet me with buffets of rain. As I step on to the single-platform Jaisalmer station, I gingerly roll my wheelie-baggage around ... more>> |
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