About the author: Aloke Ghoshal is the founder of InKind.in (www.inkind.in). InKind.in is a social platform, through which people can donate their spare and excess products to the poor and needy. Aloke can be reached at: alokghoshalgmailcom What am I talking about? Well, the 1500 odd kms of the Delhi-Kolkata stretch of the golden...
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Lalbagh botanical garden is a lush green paradise with an area of 240 acres in the heart of the city. Every year, an annual flower show happens coinciding with Independence day, at the Glass house in the garden enthralling the Bangaloreans and tourists with a...
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A road trip memory shared by Sonal Gupta, our youngest writer on board and a class nine student. We woke up before the sun that day, as we had to cover a 750 km journey. The fog still hung in the air as we piled up in the car. We all could just...
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It was a hot summer morning and I had a day off; smack in the middle of the week…this meant just one thing – Girls day out. “Get ready to go wild!” I said as I scanned the paper for the weather report. Anjali hopped up and down… “Are we going shopping? Can we...
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The Journey 10 hours. Curled up on the ground, right in front of the driver’s cabin. Truth be told, couldn’t find a better spot. Even then, our gluteus maximus were tortured massively. Somewhat slept through the journey till Beijing greeted us with its scorching heat. Single Serving Friends Checked into the youth hostel to...
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Last semester I was allotted a dorm room on the tenth floor. What was so amazing about this room? Well I and my roomie were the lucky ones to get the room with the ultimate view, the ultimate view of the Statue of Liberty!! If you are wondering then yes I was lucky enough...
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Pasighat is the oldest town (established in 1911) of the extreme eastern state of the country- Arunachal Pradesh. Situated at the banks of river Siang, this is a fairly small town surrounded with lush green beauty of Himalayan Mountains. The town is not exactly in the mountains… it is actually at the foothills hence...
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Some people like their name to be sculpted in history. When you position yourself as a champion of under-privileged people and have the power to serve them: you can uplift them through education, you can provide social security for them , you can provide basic health care for them OR you can simply spend...
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Kadalekai Parishe means Groundnut Festival. It is an annual groundnut fair that is held on the last monday of Karthika Masa (according to the Hindu Calendar) near the Bull temple in Basavangudi area of Bangalore. I made a visit on the last day of this year’s fair. The fair brought a village ambience within...
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Padmanabhapuram palace, situated in the southern most tip of India is considered to be the biggest wooden palace in Asia. The palace complex was constructed around 1601 A.D by Travancore king Iravi Varma Kulasekhara Perumal. Location : 55 km away from Thiruvananthapuram on the highway to Nagarcoil-Kanyakumari, 15 Km from Nagercoil and...
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