FEATURED JOURNEY
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Varanasi: A Travelogue
Read the travelogue →: Varanasi: A TravelogueVaranasi being in the news again, I went down memory lane and refreshed my visit to this eternal city in January 2013. This is more in the form of a travelogue and will be in varying tenses. “I’m travelling to Varanasi by the Ganga Kaveri express. Dry and deserted rural Maharashtra – Men in Dhotis…
JOURNEYS ARCHIVE
Different places. A common curiosity.
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Bihar and the Modern Twist
Read more: Bihar and the Modern TwistThe airport is a big surprise. It is not the ram shackled, worn-out airport in which I landed 10 years ago. Then Hyderabad had no direct flight to Patna. I had to change flights in New Delhi. Now the flying experience is smooth and coordinated.
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Unreserved experience
Read more: Unreserved experienceAfter a hiatus of nearly 7 years I travelled in an unreserved train compartment recently from Nellore to Vijayawada. Travel in a reserved air conditioned coach is a sanitised experience where order and protocol is enforced on an otherwise chaotic Indian railway carriage. Also boundaries of class because of the higher cost of the travel…
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Kanniyakumari
Read more: KanniyakumariAt India’s southern edge, sea, memory, faith and travel merge as Krishna Mohan moves through Kanniyakumari and Trivandrum, searching for what makes a place stay with us.
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Treks and Forest trails
Read more: Treks and Forest trailsBeing an officer in the A.P. administrative machinery, I had the opportunity to visit all the districts of united A.P. except Adilabad. Although I have worked mostly in the coastal districts, I could visit all the districts in Telangana for some inspection or the other. In my 27 years of service in the welfare departments…
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Kolkata
Read more: KolkataFor a long time I had wanted to visit Kolkata, a city about which I have read a lot, heard and thought a lot. From the writings of Rabindranath Tagore, Bibhuti Bhushan, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Sarat Chandra, from the films of Satyajit Ray, Shyam Benegal, Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, Aparna Sen i had a few…
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Return to Kerala
Read more: Return to KeralaIt is welcome to be having a feeling of déjà vu now and then. After my childhood of 2 years in Cochin some 50 years ago, I could visit Kerala again. It is Sun and rain which alternate in nearly symmetrical patterns that make me enthusiastic. Far from a land that knows only one season,…
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Sunrise at Gudisa
Read more: Sunrise at GudisaI had gone to Gudisa to watch the sunrise, but what unfolded before me was far more than I had expected. As the dark sky cleared, the hills, clouds and vast grasslands slowly came alive in colours that left me amazed and dazed.
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A river cruise
Read more: A river cruiseBeing a denizen of Nellore I have had a great fascination for the river Godavari. This mighty and beautiful river which had been extolled so much in Telugu Literature and inspired many poets and artists to weave magical words and images about it was nearly unknown, because I did not get an opportunity to see…