Growing under the big banyan tree

“There is always music amongst the trees, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.” Maybe my grandpa, dadaji, could hear it. He was a farmer, lived in a village, and… Read More →

Slacking at Piazza San Marco

The day I was at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, it was bustling with large crowds…people had settled like birds wherever they got even a foot of seating space, spreading their bags,… Read More →

Photo Challenge: Fleeting Moment

Here are some of the fleeting moments that I could capture of the street life in Montmartre, Paris. Montmartre is to Parisians what the village is to the New Yorkers. Once a village… Read More →

Do the castle in Edinburgh

If you’re in the New Town of Edinburgh, you just cannot miss the grand monuments in almost every street cross, the majestic royal gardens and the original neo-classical and Georgian architecture that it… Read More →

Caught in Boston museum of fine arts

I was caught using my camera flash in Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston. Not a proud moment. But hey in my defense, I was so caught up with the breathtaking masterworks at every… Read More →

The ‘time-eater’ of Cambridge

It’s ugly and rather disturbing but very intriguing and I did spend a long time staring at it. The Corpus clock at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge is surely not your regular time… Read More →

Up close with the Palace of Westminster

My first couple of days in London were gloomy because it just didn’t stop raining. Then suddenly one fine afternoon out came the sun all bright and radiant and off I went leaving… Read More →

Times Square in neon blue

You can’t miss the color blue in Times Square..it’s everywhere..in neon lights, humongous LEDs, plasma and video screens. Did you know that the Square’s many neon signs are no accident? The city imposes… Read More →

The fall colors of New England

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” It was a long flight across the Atlantic. Relieved that finally we were reaching Boston, I lazily looked out of the aircraft’s… Read More →

Not so quite flows the Hooghly

Every river has a story to tell..of the people, the places, the times, and the cultures that come in her way as she flows. Rivers give a glimpse of not only the cities… Read More →