Winter 2019/2020: Photo Diary – Dhaka, Bangkok, Kolkata, Kasauli
Dhaka Bangkok Kolkata Kasauli via Chandigarh & Delhi
Tag: India
Dhaka & Kolkata – Jan 2019
I started 2019 on a rooftop in Dhaka: A lot of quality time with family. Got to spend time with grandparents without any other cousins around, and some time with Father in Kolkata and Ma in Dhaka. Dhaka The top places this time in Dhaka were Butlers (which I later discovered while in Ireland in… Continue reading Dhaka & Kolkata – Jan 2019
Thrillophilia’s Places to visit in India
http://www.thrillophilia.com/blog/50-places-to-visit-in-india-before-you-turn-30/ – In March 2014 I had shared this on FB – 2 out of 50 down. It’s taken 4 years to get 1 more done! Now I’m at 3 out of 51 since they’ve updated the list and added the more – no, the one they added isn’t the 3rd one I’ve done… Rafting and… Continue reading Thrillophilia’s Places to visit in India
Kolkata Authentic Eats, Summer 2016
We didn’t spend too much time in Kolkata this summer, but we went to two places to eat which I definitely recommend: Canteen @ Byloom I love Byloom’s sarees and ready-made blouses, they also have tons of other gift items and clothes on the bottom floor. I never knew, until this time, that they had… Continue reading Kolkata Authentic Eats, Summer 2016
Santiniketan, Summer 2016
“Abode of Peace” – a small university and culturally active town approximately 160 km north of Kolkata (train 2.5 hours, car 3.5 hours). In 1862, Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, while on a boat journey to Raipur, came across a landscape with red soil and meadows of lush green paddy fields. Rows of chhatim trees and date… Continue reading Santiniketan, Summer 2016
Kolkata, Summer 2014
I have been to Kolkata almost every year of my life, but I had never been to Victoria Memorial before.I remember seeing it every time we left Kolkata though, before the renovation of the airport, there used to be a huge mural of this building at the departure gates. I used to keep calling it the Taj… Continue reading Kolkata, Summer 2014
Eurotrip (Summer) 2008
During the summer of 2008, we visited my father for two and a half months while he was living and working in Budapest, Hungary. It was the summer before we moved back to New York (something we found out at the beginning of the vacation itself), and we knew that we would probably not have… Continue reading Eurotrip (Summer) 2008
Rishikesh + Delhi 2008
This is exactly how I wrote the email to the family on March 6, 2008; added pics on later HEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOOO!!!! i am finally finally back from class trips and ista and i am free of my friends for the next two days so i’m gonna start writing the emails…i’m sorry i couldn’t send an email… Continue reading Rishikesh + Delhi 2008
The Spill Queen 