My last post here – Come, Let Us Explore Jajpur – was an introduction to the culturally and religiously significant but relatively lesser-known district of Jajpur. It is an ancient district located…
Jajpur, yes, you read that right – the word indeed is Jajpur and not Jaipur or Jeypore. There is no typographical error or autocorrect at work here – turning Jajpur…
An eerie silence is the first thing that welcomes you here, that is, if you visit the Church of St. John in the Wilderness on a weekday. There are not…
There’s an additive buzz in the perennially bustling streets around the Jama Masjid. As I walk out of Jama Masjid Metro Station and onto Matia Mahal Road towards the mosque,…
“A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.” Walking down the old town area of Bhubaneswar, this iconic observation on architecture by the famous American…
“History never looks like history, when you are living through it.” The insightful words by American philanthropist John W. Gardner come alive for visitors at the historical site of Dhauli…
“Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever.” ~ Phil Cooke In his book Jolt!: Get…
In the barren, bleak land of the Chushul valley in Ladakh, stands the Rezang La Memorial – a solemn testimony to the supreme sacrifice of the bravest of the brave…
“What it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of…
In my last post – Riding the Delhi Heritage Metro Line, I wrote about the art installations inside the metro stations on the recently launched Heritage Line of the Delhi…