Friday photo: Bikaner
by I recently spent a few days in Bikaner as a guest of the lovely team at Narendra Bhawan (more on that soon) – think piping …
Category: Heritage notes
Agra beyond the classic Taj tour
So you have risen at the crack of dawn and made your sleepy way across the empty streets of Agra to see the Taj Mahal …
Conservation, at what cost?
A quick glimpse at a couple of small temples, to continue my series on the recent Tamil Nadu road trip. Our host at the Swamimalai …
Exploring Agra with Padhaaro
A few months ago, I was invited by the people at Padhaaro to enjoy a local experience with them in any of the cities they …
Monumental Love
The sky is getting darker, as the storm clouds gather, plump and menacing, carrying with them the faint smell of wet earth. Shivering in the …
Friday photo: Fenced
In a recent trip to Agra, we were completely fogged out. At 10 in the morning, from a distance of 20 feet, the Taj was …
Ringing in the new
On any given Friday evening, Mylapore is at its festive best. Men dressed in white dhotis (unstitched cotton garments knotted at the waist and allowed …
Film trail in Chettinad
At the ‘Periya Veedu’ (Big House) at Athangudi, the caretaker rubbed his fingers together as soon as he spotted me getting off the car. It …