"If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!" - Romain Rolland

Feb 23, 2015

Patnitop : Land of Serenity

(Army Camp) A couple of days before our journey started, I asked my friend Mousim who is in Indian Army and recently posted in Patnitop, “What’s about the place ?” He smiled, “Can’t explain brother. Just go and feel!” A few days after, when stepped in there, I lost every explanation. I was...

Feb 12, 2015

Chilika Lake : God's Own Creation

(Sea Mouth) This was our fourth time in Puri, but very first time that we were heading towards Chilika.  As our car was running through the morning dew, the open wide sky, the vast span of side-by swamp and the birds flying over whom we had hardly seen before and the only sound of their...

Feb 1, 2015

Solang Valley : Unforgettable

(Solang Valley) “Not looking good sir!” Vicky, our hotel boy, a local lad of hardly nineteen pointed at the sky. It was almost 8.30 a.m. by my watch, and yes it was still so dark all around. And a chilling breeze was blowing through constantly. We were just going to enter into...