Incredible India

India Travel Blog with travel tips, stories, food and pictures of travel around India. There is so much to experience in Incredible India that one life time is just not enough. No wonder we Indians believe in reincarnation so that we can visit India again and again to cherish the billion things India has to offer from  Ghats of Varanasi to beaches of Goa and the Colors of Rajasthan to the fragrance of spices in Gods own country Kerala.  Even after visiting more than 22 states in India, I have not seen even the tip of iceberg. I continue to explore my country and share my experiences of Incredible India on my family travel blog from India as we explore one place at a time by road, by trains and by flying to the various corners of India. Come join me on this incredible Journey in Incredible India from the the snow clad Ladakh in Himalayas to the french enclave of Pondicherry in south as we go covering India from festivals to food and everything in between.

Incredible India

3 Trips one quest: Discovering our Platinum Day of Love

Nov 122013
 
3 Trips one quest: Discovering our Platinum Day of Love

Finding Faith, A beach buddy and Love in Switzerland This is one big mama of a post. So ladies and gentlemen get your cup of coffee or milkshake and come along with us as we go to one long story on three different trips. What is true love? Well the jury is still out consisting of poets, philosophers, scientists, lovers, philanderers, stalkers, serial monogamists to eternal love flame kind of  version of love is the real one. Does anybody even understand love? Can love be explained? Can somebody who has never fallen in love be in love? Let me [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Let us spread some positive news and actions: SoCh

Nov 112013
 
Let us spread some positive news and actions: SoCh

An Evening well spent: SoCh a breeze of positivism We are so used to hearing all kind of negative news, that anything good, positive is totally lost in the cacophony of negativity around us. But there are people around us who are actively and structurally working to make sure we do not forget that there is hope and love to be spread around us and there are people who are already doing it without anybody knowing much about it. Once such event I attended this Sunday was the 2nd session of SoCh, a very unique event that showcases the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Akshardham Temple

Nov 012013
 
Akshardham Temple

A New Landmark of Delhi: The Akshardham Temple I hope you can keep a secret, for I am disclosing one of my dark secret not to be shared with anybody. What do you mean I am sharing it on internet so it can not be a secret? Well it can be a secret if you do not tell it to anybody. Right? I am getting addicted to twitter and my Facebook is feeling kind of left out. ( Notice no mention of family or friends) The more I try to leave twitter the more I am sucked into it. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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desi Halloween and memories of Tesu and Jhanji

Oct 312013
 
desi Halloween and memories of Tesu and Jhanji

  Halloween in India  I remember when I was a kid in Delhi, we had a fun festival before Diwali in which boys will carry a small toy made of sticks with a clay head called Tesu, who was slain prince from Mahabharata to neighborhood  homes and ask for money or goodies. The girls in turn will have a small perforated clay pot with a small Diya lighted in it and they too will go to the homes in neighborhood and sing ” Jhanji do jee Jhanjee do” The boys will sing: “Tesu do jee Tesu do” and continue something [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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New Life for Old Diyas For Diwali – Going for a Green Diwali

Oct 252013
 
New Life for Old Diyas For Diwali - Going for a Green Diwali

Celebrating a Green Diwali – Reusing Old Diyas For Diwali Diwali is around the corner, the biggest festival in India, celebrated by the majority of India in a big way. We will all light Diyas and candles, burn crackers and exchange gifts. But like most festivals in India be it Ganesha Chaturthi, Durga Puja or Kumbh Mela, Diwali also leaves a trail of destruction, pollution, and garbage around us, all in the name of celebration. I  always try to make my travels and life as green as possible in today’s age of fossil fuels. So from celebrating Green Ganesha to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Ravan Burning Video

Oct 142013
 

    Video of Ravan Burning In last post I shared some pictures of  making of Ravan and Ravan on the roads. Here is a video of Ravan Burning shared by my niece and nephew.   Feel free to share the same with your friends and family. A happy Dussehra to all of you. May all the demons in your life be destroyed and burnt to ashes.

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Ravana on The Roads

Oct 142013
 
Ravana on The Roads

  Making and Burning of Ravana Dussehra is one festival that has so many symbols attached with it. The winning of good over evil, Ram over Ravana, destroying of demons by women power  in form of Bijoy Dashmi  during Durga Puja. I was talking to my niece and nephew about the same, just when they were going out to watch the burning of Ravana and they sent me some pictures on knowing that I am missing them and burning of Ravan in Delhi. So here they are all clicked by cell phone by my budding photographer niece and nephew [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Utsab Durga Puja in Hyderabad

Oct 132013
 
Utsab Durga Puja in Hyderabad

 Pictures of Utsab Durga Puja in Hyderabad A true hallmark of a cosmopolitan city is celebrating all the festivals, and Hyderabad is one shining example of the same. Just last month we celebrated with Lord Ganesha and this month we are all celebrating Durga Puja with Maa Durga in Hyderabad. We have a large vibrant community of Bengali Bhadralok in Twin Cities, and I was invited by my friends from Utsab Cultural Association for the Durga Puja at Telecom Nagar  Gachibowli.  Actually I would have gone even without invitation as I just love going to Pujor, this reminds me of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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A post by desi Traveler in WOW Hyderabad Magazine

Oct 122013
 
A post by desi Traveler in WOW Hyderabad Magazine

Post and Pictures by desi Traveler in WOW Hyderabad Magazine Dear Readers, last month one of my posts and pictures about Sitaram Bagh Temple appeared in WOW Hyderabad Magazine, I am happy to say that this month again a post and pictures by me about the ancient Ammapalli Temple near Shamshabad came  in  October 2013, issue of WOW Hyderabad Magazine. Please look the post here below:   I want to thank all my readers who have made this possible. Special thanks to my friend and wonderful photographer  Satish who first explored this and motivated us to visit the temple near Shamshabad. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Train To Pakistan

Oct 102013
 
Train To Pakistan

When we traveled to see Pakistan We were debating where to go on our next holiday and it soon turned into a heated debate as always. Finally, I said let us take a train to Pakistan and show you the land of your ancestors, to the missus. You see her parents were born in pre-partition India and she sometimes wishes to go and see the village where here forefathers lived. But she brushed this aside as another joke of mine. But I went online to book tickets in tatkal for Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi train and offered to help with the packing of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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