Your Puducherry itinerary is incomplete if you have not allotted a detour for Mahabalipuram. It falls somewhere midway between the Chennai and Puducherry East Coast road, 60 kms from Chennai, to be precise. We turned towards Mahabalipuram on our way back from Puducherry. Reached the temple town at about 11am, […]
Puducherry is just a little more than 150 kms from Chennai if you take the East Coast Road, popularly known as the ECR. We took the East Coast road for Puducherry since we had heard about the scenic drive. The driver was more than happy, for, he said that the […]
He asks her, “How much of a woman are you, and how much of a writer?” She replies, “For you, only a woman. Remember, once when you had fever, and I rubbed Vicks on your chest? My only wish at that moment was that I keep rubbing Vicks on your […]
Most of us in our running group, Run Amrit Shakti, had registered for the Satara Hill Marathon about 4-5 months back when they had opened the registrations. And had vowed to practise sincerely for it. For, Satara’s Half is not an easy one. Why! They call it the ‘Ultra’ Half […]
Britannia and Co. is an iconic restaurant – to say the least. It’s one of the must-dos in Mumbai by every possible travel guides – especially the international ones. No wonder that foreigners flock this dilapidated café without fail during their visit to Mumbai. Is it really worth the hype […]
We have been making our own Ganapati for years now. No, we didn’t learn it anywhere, not did we inherit any sculpting skills from our forefathers. Jayanta simply started making it looking at a photo, my daughter emulated him, and both of them have now ‘mastered’ their own Ganapati art. […]
20 days into the Holy month of Ramadan, and we finally went for our annual food pilgrimage to Barrah Handi and Minara Masjid in South Mumbai. It has been 8 Ramadans in Mumbai now, and I am proud to say that I have been there every year without fail. And […]
Listen, I had promised last year that I’d be back to the Mosque Road in Frazer Town in Bangalore for the Ramadan Feast. Wouldn’t it be a sin of the highest proportions then, if the Foodie didn’t keep his Food-promise? Knowing that a friend from Mumbai was in Bangalore too, […]