Category: featured
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Streets of Alleppey, Kerala [Photoblog]
Alappuzha (Alleppey) is referred to as “the Venice of the East.” This picturesque site is the centre of Kerala’s backwaters and is home to a vast network of backwaters and thousands of houseboats, making it one of the greatest tourist destinations in Kerala. While backwaters and lakes remain the main attraction of the city, it’s…
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Rebirth of a Century-Old Bondvol Lake in Goa
After getting completely dry in 2016, the Bondvol or Bondava lake in Goa got a second lease of life when the citizens of Santa Cruz village started a movement to save it from destruction. Have a look: ABOUT BONDVOL / BONDAVA LAKE Bondvol, a 110-year-old natural reservoir in Goa, built during the Portuguese times, was…
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Doors and Windows of Goa
For the love of colorful Goan houses, its doors, windows and balcãos! These images have been shot over the last 5 years of my stay in Goa, and in different locations like Old Goa, Panjim, Madgaon. If you’re a door lover or an architecture and heritage enthusiast, you will definitely love these pictures. Have a…
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Chasing TONA’s Street Art
Obsession (noun): an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind. Obsession knows no logic or reason. You encounter something interesting and you can’t get it out of your head. That’s the subject of this article: My obsession with street artist TONA’s work. Well, calling it an obsession might be an…
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Scenes from Sarnath, Varanasi
Situated around 10 km away from the ancient city of Varanasi, Sarnath is an important and a sacred place associated with Buddhist religion. Sarnath is the place where Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon after attaining enlightenment. Here are some scenes from my trip to Sarnath back in 2012: Apart from many Ashokan-era ruins of…