Routes - Page 20

During my high school years,  spent at the residential (Baptist) Carmel Residential School in Tezpur, Assam, I had the opportunity to make friends...

Kodaimelanadu or Kodagu or Coorg – the name itself invokes emerald landscapes, gurgling waterfalls, babbling brooks, green hills, gorgeous dales,...

It would be really hard for anyone to not like what Nepal has to offer as a nation and as a cultural hub. It feels like home away from home. People of...

Jaipur. In this weather!’ exclaimed a friend as I updated him on my ‘very-cool’ job at hand. ‘Who cares! I get to go to Jaipur and you get to rot in...

The fish and the sea, the karaoke bars and the cafes. Even the short skirts are whiffing of metropolis air.The second impression was that of an...

Orissa has a special place in my life. I have spent the best part of my life in Bhubaneswar – the initial years of my married life. I stayed there for...

While searching for details about the place one can land up in a fix. In maximum tour guides, instead of projecting the places of visit about the...

With its plunging pine-clad valleys and distant mountain views, Dalhousie is another of those cool hill retreats left behind by the British. Since...

Hill stations have always been classic summer getaway options to escape being fried like the proverbial egg and get baked in the scorching sun. A...

On one of my annual vacations, I happened to visit Kerala, the southern state of India filled with excitement and serenity. And I must confess that it...

An Arabian summer is not ideal for a vacation. It lends to visuals of trudging through red sand dunes and empty roads, dragging luggage, sweat...

Mahabaleshwar is one of the highest, largest and most popular hill stations in western India. Set on a plateau, about 4,440 ft high, Mahabaleshwar...