Over the third weekend of October in the heart of Bengal, people gathered by the dozen to worship Durga, go pendal-hopping and indulge in a lavish spread of Bengali fare. Approximately 1,800 kilometers away, I was busy with my own celebrations: a weekend away from the city with family. It wasn’t just the parents and […]
No-brainer destinations: Nandi Hills
As a young adult, one sees Nandi Hills as a place not just covered in mist, but also in a fog of secret meetings and clandestine one-on-ones with the opposite sex. You’ll find young couples dotting the low walls, reclining against random trees, holding hands and walking around and sometimes even sitting close together on […]
Adventures of Potli Baba 