Speak of South Indian food and Saravana Bhavan comes to your mind immediately. “It’s as iconic a restaurant chain can ever become”, says my husband ( a to-the-core lover of non-vegetarian food) about this vegetarian place. Started in 1981, the chain now boasts on 29 outlets in India and about […]
Whatever i have, He gave it to me; whatever i lost, He took away; whatever i don’t have, He never gave. Shri Ramakrishna. Nestled amidst greens at a busy intersection in Khar, Ramakrishna Mission, is where you turn to when the worldly ways have stretched you mercilessly. You come here […]
And to think that all this while I had taken it for a dirty, dingy place. Don’t know how I got this wrong notion. But in all these years of Mumbai living, I had never been too keen to go to Kanheri Caves thinking that it isn’t worth a visit. […]
I lived in Delhi for a total of about 4 years and loved it there. I had moved in after completing my studies in Shillong. Delhi, was, in a way, my first big-city experience. And I loved everything about it – the wide roads, the greenery (though was much less […]
Gandhiji’s Ashram in Ahmedabad turned out exactly what I had envisioned it to be – bare, minimal and yet so authoritative. The sign boards do not have to remind you to be quiet. Your inner self does. For, as an Indian, indebtedness to this great soul is infused into your […]
Leopold Café. Since 1871. Colaba Causeway. Must-see for the traveler in Mumbai. Over-crowded at all times. Hyped. Real. Yeah, all of the above runs through your mind as you are showed to your table here and you victoriously grab a chair. For how many can get into Leopold with having […]
I looked up in Wikipedia for the sake of this blogpost – Sanjay Gandhi National Park extends over 104 sq km in the suburbs of Mumbai. That’s massive massive real estate if you multiply it with the present going rate. Won’t be surprised if the notorious realtors of Mumbai have […]
Soon after starting off with WheelsOnOurFeet in March this year, I had written a post on My Favourite Places in Shillong. This post has gone on to be one of my most popular posts. While the number of hits on this post makes me very happy, it also made me think – […]