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Train Travel in India: Important Tips and Advice From a Local
The Indian Railway is, without a shade of doubt, the lifeline of India. It is the world’s largest railway network under a single management.
From a traveler’s point of view, train travel opens up a window through which you can see India in a unique perspective.
However, with nearly 62,000 km
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A Profusion of Colors – Bangalore, India
Over the past several years, Bangalore, now better known as the Silicon Valley of India has transformed. Its salubrious climate has succumbed to global warming, pollution and the impact of the boom in the IT sector, resulting in a mass of floating population – much more than the city was perhap
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The Real India: Experience the Subcontinent from the Driver’s Seat of an Autorickshaw
Anybody who has ever traveled to India will likely tell you that the subcontinent is a land of vivid contrasts, of opposite extremes co-existing, and a complete assault to the senses. True that India’s massive population of over 1 billion people has given the country an uncomfortable reputation
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Long Road to a Ghost Town – Fatehpur Sikri, India
As I write this, I’m suffering from a cold, so if I seem even more whiny than normal, you’ll know why. It’s difficult to feel sorry for oneself when one’s surrounded by so much poverty and hopelessness, but through perseverance and innate talent, I’ve managed to do it.
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I Expected Desert – Busride from Manali to Leh, India
I was as prepared for the journey from Manali to Leh, India, as my parents were for my birth. When I was born, they hadn’t had a baby shower, my mom hadn’t had Lamaze classes, and my dad was intoxicated from a Christmas party.
As I entered the jeep at two o’clock in the morning in sandals, see-
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India: Tips to Survive Your First Trip
Someone once told me that India is growing at such a fast rate that the number of babies born in the country per year is equivalent to the entire population of Australia. So every year that passes, India basically pours one more Australia into their borders. Its population is second only to Chi
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Last Chance – Rishakesh, India
“There are 3 types of travelers in the world. One that travels while on a business tour, the other with first-aid box and a map, while the third traveler is the one who packs the bag with a tooth brush and paste.” said a friend.
Traveling to me is discovering. My trip to a tapri is as enriching
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Hanging with the Camel Man – Bikaner, India
The guest house owner Mr. Vijay Singh welcomed me into his beautiful guest house like I was a long lost pale Scottish relative. Vijay, or Camel Man as he is also known, has a personality as large as his frame and was an instantly likeable, chatty, friendly host.
The hot sun disapears over the
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Indulge Your Senses: Experience Indian Culture in Singapore
In a country of brazen high-rise buildings, revolutionary Mass Rapid Transit systems and copiously modern shopping malls, initial impressions can be deceiving. Delve beneath the surface and venture into the suburbs to encounter the cultural soul of this city-state, with its unique and thriving
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Beware of Dogs: Mcleod Ganj, Northern India
“So, if you feel funny, you’re gonna die.”
He repeated calmly with a closed lip half smile, a little head tilt, and a slight shoulder shrug that says, “sorry about that, but there’s nothing I can do.” It’s more often seen after sentences like “We&
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A Brief Guide to Indian Public Buses: Allepuzha, Kerala, India
South India. Mid-November. The busride to Allepuzha.
Standing, swaying, terrified, the windshield a mere 36 inches away from my face, I hear and feel the metal framework of the bus crepitating ominously as we swing around an overladen oxcart into the kaleidoscopic violence of the oncoming lane.
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Why borrowed slippers, eunuchs and video cameras make for an interesting train ride in India
George Winters said, “If God had really intended men to fly, he’d make it easier to get to the airport”, which is why we decided to take the train from Goa to Udipi on a recent trip to India.
Fire extinguishers at the Canacona station in Goa
Udipi is only a four and half ho
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Tales from the Jungle Book- Bandhavgarh, India
Seeing a tiger in the wild was a dream I had been nursing for a long time. I made several unsuccessful attempts towards this end by visiting Corbett National Park, the Sunderbans and Nagarhole. In 2007 when the rate of extinction of tigers became so alarming that it even found mention in the Fi
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The Golconda Fort – Hyderabad, India
An old, crowd-puller of a fort – and you’re welcome!
There are always the must-sees in every city. Hyderabad has its Golconda Fort – the ancient royal crowd-puller. It caught the fancy of the Qutubuddins of the yesteryears, then came Alexander the great, and now throngs of tourists visiting or
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Finding Authenticity Amongst the Over-Rated
“Want to come to Sarnath tomorrow?,” my friend Evan asked, deep into his second Kingfisher of the evening. I was sitting in Varanasi’s German Bakery, hanging out with the clique of backpackers I’d befriended in my four days on the banks of the Ganges.
“Nah, I have
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A Fleeting Moment of Paradise in Goa
Goa lies on the south-western coast of India and is renowned for its idyllic beaches and cool, laid-back spirit which has been described as an enchanting blend of the Portuguese carefree ‘sassegarde’ and the dreamy influence of the psychedelic hippies who flocked to these shores in the sixties.
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10 Ways to Experience India Now
India is a vast country, a subcontinent, with an ancient culture that is alive today in traditions, rituals, dress and architecture. There are so many things to see and do you could travel there for a lifetime, or several lifetimes. But to really get the flavour of India, and the diversity of e
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Himalayan Lockdown
I can’t be sure, but I think that the row in the lobby of the Kennilworth Hotel might have been significant. Tucked away in a leafy Kolkata suburb, all hidden lighting and muted colours, it wasn’t the sort of place you’d expect to see half a dozen uniformed military types giving one of their nu
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Top 10 Foods in Old Delhi, India
New Delhi is awash in good food. From the kitchens of upscale hotel restaurants in South Delhi to the famed aloo chaat vendor in Connaught Place, a reasonably adventurous eater on any budget can find myriad ways to explore North Indian cuisine with relative ease. But it’s within the walled, dil
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The Mumbai Food Trail
Curry isn’t one particular dish, contrary to what the Indian Restaurant in your city may tell you. There are literally hundreds of types of curries that have no similarity to each other whatsoever. India is several countries within a country, culturally speaking, and with that comes a melting p
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