Sometime back I wrote about a few travel books that I own. Discussions which started on that article, Facebook and otherwise have led to this post.
What, in your opinion, is a travel book?
Is it something like Lonely Planet which guides you where to stay, what to see, what to eat etc. so that your stay at a place becomes comfortable?
Is it a book that inspires you to travel and see the world?
Or a travel book consists of a travelogue where author relives his or her experiences of a place or …

Blogathon has a theme for today. And it is “My top 5 favorite books on writing are…”.
Well, I changed the theme slightly to suit me. I am going to write about five of the travel books that I possess. All these books are either won by me in different contests or have been gifted to me.
1. Roots – It is a story about an African American family that inspired pride and a greater understanding of the past. As the name suggests, it is a powerful look at an …

Here are some more pictures from the Lavasa Wome’s Drive which I attended on 27th February, 2011. I am sure some of my readers would be happy to see more photos.

What an apt message !

When I received an invitation to attend ‘Lavasa Women’s Drive’ event and review the Lavasa experience, I took it as an opportunity to celebrate the spirit of modern woman in true sense… to extend my support to the cause, to air my views to this world, to meet other wonderful people and of course to explore the so called ‘European’ town Lavasa.
My day started quite early before dawn as if I was to catch a morning flight. Not a very difficult task. It being a Sunday, V offered to drop …

A few days back I watched the movie “One day in Europe“.
Written and directed by Hannes Stöhr, it revolves around four different incidents in four different cities in Europe in a single day. Sad part is, I have not been to any of those cities (Moscow, Istanbul, Berlin, Santiago de Compostela).
The movie is related to travel and all the four stories have something in common… A visit to police station mainly to collect a police report to be used to claim insurance.
The protagonists are strangers in the …

I had thought of putting a foreign locale as my first working post here but as luck would have it, it had to be a place where I live. Yes, it is about Mumbai.
Yesterday I went to see Banganga music festival. It is a ritual every year in January, to have a cultural extravaganza at Banganga, where top artistes from around the country perform live Hindustani classical music concerts. Cultural enthusiasts attend the festival and feast the soul as well as the mind as the sun sets.

For the …