Travel Tips for the Holidays
With all that there is to do around the holidays when you find yourself tangled in lights and up to your elbows in wrapping paper, in dire need of a stiff eggnog, the last stress you need is the headache of figuring out your holiday travel arrangements. So to make...
Captive
He looked kind of sad behind that cage, not interested in even looking at those who were jeering at him. Makes me wonder why do we have to keep the animals behind the cages just for our entertainment.
Lahore Fort – Pakistan
Located in the Pakistani city of Lahore, the Lahore Fort or the Shahi Quila as its locally referred as, is a majestic fort built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. The Fort is a beautiful and imposing mix of the Persian and Mughal architecture. It is divided into two...
Shalimar Garden – Lahore
Built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, the Shalimar Garden is located in the Pakistani city of Lahore. A blend of the Persian and Mughal architecture, it’s a beautiful garden with carefully made geometric layout and is famous for its intricate fretwork. The garden is...
Weekend Getaways: Alibaug
This is Meena sharing the first of my weekend getaways with you. I stay in Mumbai, Maharashtra and there are many destinations in and around Mumbai where one can unwind from daily grind. One such place is Alibaug which is about 3hrs drive by road. Alibaug is a coastal...
Bicycle Diaries II: Malenaadu Magic
Andrew S Grove, Co-founder and ex-CEO of Intel, writes in his memoir, ‘Swimming across’, “When my singing went well, it made me feel better about everything, even if things at school were tough. I thought I had made an important discovery. I realized that it’s good to...
Photography Lessons 6: Understanding the Camera Lens
The Camera Lens is actually a complicated yet excellently precise device. It consists of optical lens elements, lens motors, aperture and Vibration Reduction mechanism all working in a beautiful synchronization (the shutter used to be a part in older camera lenses,...
Kodachadri Trek
A vast expanse of blue, dotted with slithering flakes of white and embellished all across with shades of the purest orange; Greenery as far as the eye can see, with clouds sweeping across, as if white curtains are billowing in tandem with the direction of the wind,...
Photography Lessons 5: Camera Modes and their Usage
DSLRs come with different modes, some auto and some semi auto with one Manual mode. I will try to explain the different camera modes and their popular usage here based on my experience with a Nikon DSLR. However not much difference exists in case of other brands. You...
The Bucket List V: Pompeii – A City Reborn…
Just came across this place when I was browsing through and it has made me pretty inquisitive... The city of Pompeii is a Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania.It was destroyed and completely buried during a long catastrophic eruption of the...
Capturing waterfalls differently
For a traveler, waterfalls are among the most beautiful and interesting sights to watch. It is natural that you would like to capture the beauty of a waterfall in frame. Most people with a point and shoot camera capture the waterfall image as it appears to them....
Ye Dosti
Met these two brothers in Pavagarh, the guy in black shirt called the one with the hat 'Chhota Topi'. Their friendship was so pakka that it reminded me of my own gang of friends back in school. When I took this pic, we were going up a rope-way and they were looking at...