- A Ramble on La Ramblas- When in Barcelona, a stroll on the central street, La Ramblas, is mandatory. It is the central boulevard which cuts through the heart of the city centre. It is a vibrant and lively promenade filled with Barcelona… 
- Sagrada Familia: Antoni Gaudi’s magnum opus- Sagrada Familia is a large unfinished Roman Catholic church in Barcelona in Spain. The church is still under construction since 1882. I have never seen so magnificent a piece of architecture in my life. The church is… 
- The ancient ruins of Nalanda- There are times when you tour the world hunting for treasures, while the treasure lies buried in your own backyard. One of those telling moments when I felt most proud to be Indian was when I visited… 
- The stillness of dawn- I wake up abruptly two hours before my alarm goes off. My tossing and turning wakes up my husband. “Let’s go for a walk,” he says. But the remnants of the previous night’s dinner party are still… 
- Swimming in the deep- As a swimming pool, it was primitive. But for us kids it was the only solace to beat the temperatures above 45 degrees C in Chanda. There were no blue tiles on its floor to make it look… 
- The Black-necked Stork: A near-threatened species- Only recently there was a hue and cry in the papers about a black-necked stork which was spotted with a ring around its beak in a wetland outside Delhi. Black-necked storks are large birds, which are classified as… 
- The Mad Tibetan: Deepti Naval’s anthology of short stories- The Mad Tibetan: Stories from then and now is Deepti Naval’s debut anthology of eleven short stories which was first published in 2011. I happened to stumble over it while browsing for books on Amazon now. Rather late,… 
- Dantakali: The tooth-goddess in Nepal- A few kilometres from Dharan in Nepal, as you go uphill towards Bijaynagar, stands the Dantakali temple. It is a 20 minute drive from Dharan, and located at an altitude of 1572 feet above the sea level.… 
- The legends of the Budha Subba temple- I was visiting Dharan in Nepal for work. I tried to call home to convey the message that I had crossed the border. A Nepalese colleague chuckled: “Yes, tell them you are safe. You Indians believe that… 
- The Rhinos of Kaziranga- Reminded of Ogden Nash’s poem, The Rhinoceros: The Rhino is a homely beast,For human eyes he’s not a feast,But you and I will never knowWhy Nature chose to make him so.Farewell, farewell, you old rhinoceros,I’ll stare at… 
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	