A slice of history
by This piece on Fort Kochi appeared in HT Cafe on Saturday as ‘Historical Potboiler’… Walking out of St. Francis church, I see a tour guide …
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Under a sky of flowers
In Bangalore – and after an extremely stressful first ten days, the dust looks like settling down and I am ready to start thinking about …
Welcome to Somnathpur
The Keshava temple at Somnathpur, built in 1268 A.D. by the Hoysalas is the quieter cousin of the more famous temples from the same era …
Memories of Meenakshi
My favourite spot inside the Meenakshi temple is not the long corridors where people sit for hours, staring at the lotus pond or the imposing …