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The road trip
Ah! My wife, Jyothi, and I just love the road trip. Our Premier Padmini car Even when we were in New Delhi, we had been on many road trips in…
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SightsPunjabi jugaad
During one of the long road trips through Punjab (a State in India) many years ago, my Premier Padmini car’s engine had overheated and I could spot smoke issuing from…
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SightsPostcard from Uttarakhand – 3: the magic of Mayavati
Continued from ‘Postcard from Uttarakhand – 2’… Geography steeped in history The Mayavati Advaita Ashrama has a long history. When Swami Vivekananda was in London on his way back…
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SightsPostcard from Uttarakhand – 2
Continued from ‘Postcard from Uttarakhand – 1’… I settled down on one of the concrete benches on Platform no. 11. I noticed how clean the platform was – a very…
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SightsPostcard from Uttarakhand – 1
I am on a visit to the hills for a Retreat. The Retreat is in a place called Mayavati in Uttarakhand. I flew to New Delhi from Bangalore by a…
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SightsA 42-km foot pilgrimage through Bharat
The trip was in the making for quite some time. My friend, Ramesh, had been on many such foot pilgrimages. I had expressed my desire to join him on one of…
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SightsWith the gods in God’s Own Country
We were in Matanchery, Cochin, Kerala to attend 2 days out of the 10-day Sree Ramanavami Mahotsava Celebrations at Madapally Madom. This was the 96th year of the Madom’s celebrations.…
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SightsPostcard from Auckland & Queenstown
We were received at the Auckland airport by Priya, Jyothi’s cousin who has settled down at Auckland with her husband, Naveen and their two sons, Vishwas & Taaresh for the…
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SightsPostcard from Sydney – 3
Every one at Sydney has been telling us that we are blessed to experience this weather. They seem almost jealous. I believe that the last year around, it was quite…
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SightsPostcard from Sydney – 2
My second ‘Postcard from Sydney’ clearly shows how, when your family is hell bent on having you extract every ounce of joy from your vacation, the sky is the limit.…
