Archive for the ‘Travelogue’ Category

Travelling is no longer a boys’ groupie thing to do. Girls are finding their way into the wild and unknown. Without boys. According to travel enthusiast Shweta Ram, 25, who travels twice every year with friends though even today travelling in India alone is not considered safe for girls, a few women are passionate about [...]

Mussoorie

Posted: September 25, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

My trip to Mussoorie happened by chance. A friend of mine wanted to attend her school reunion. She studied in a boarding school in Mussoorie. She asked me to accompany her since she had no one to accompany her. I was reluctant to go at first but later seeing her plight, I decided to go [...]

White Beauty:Taj Mahal

Posted: September 19, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

Having stayed in Delhi, it would have been foolish to not go to Agra and see the Taj Mahal. I went to Agra with my friends. We took an auto from Noida to Nizzammudin station. Looked for trains going to Agra and booked the tickets. Reached Agra and took an auto to see the Taj [...]

Ganga by the way

Posted: September 18, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

Ganga or Ganges is the most sacred among all the rivers in India. It is said that when the water from Ganga is bottled, it does not putrefy. I had the good luck to see the river Ganga in Rishikesh and Haridwar. Both the places, the color of Ganga varied but not its purity. I [...]

Dilli Memoirs

Posted: September 12, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

My wish to visit Delhi came true with my post graduation course. So this was not limited to just a visit, instead it turned out to be a one year stay. I had all the time to see Delhi at my leisure time. So I made a list of places, I wish to see and [...]

Last Chance

Posted: September 7, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

“There are 3 types of travelers in the world. One who travels while on a business tour, the other with a first-aid box and a map, while the third traveler is the one who packs the bag with a tooth brush and paste.” said a friend. Traveling to me is discovering. My trip to a [...]

My birthday in Haridwar

Posted: September 4, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

Hari Ki Pauri is the place where I celebrated my birthday last year. Why? I was getting a year older, I did not wanted to celebrate birthday in the usual fashion. Strange as it may sound, I fear aging. May be you too, may be all us do but I believe that by not celebrating [...]

Going with the flow…

Posted: August 29, 2009 by bb in Travelogue

If anybody is interested in my routine here it goes. I wake around 1pm sometimes 2 pm or 3pm. I start my day very late that is because I do not have much to do these days. I wake to drink fresh coconut water which my mother goes to buy early in the morning. Then [...]

My First Live Republic Day…

Posted: January 29, 2008 by bb in Travelogue

Until yesterday, Republic Day parade was either read in text books in schools or watched on National television. The opportunity to be at Janpat and watch the President of India hoist the National flag came as a pleasant surprise,thanks to a friend. The irony was a group of non-Indians accompanied to the venue. Not many [...]

A visit to BUJ

Posted: March 16, 2006 by bb in Travelogue

Yesterday, I happened to visit the Bombay Union of Journalist (Prospects Chambers,Near American Express Bank, Hutatma Chowk.)  There  I met chairman of BUJ. This meeting was regarding my project on Contractual and Working Journalist Act.I wanted to meet M. J Pandey but he had not come to office. Here too, I got some insights of newspaper industry from veterans. Time and again [...]