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

A Trip down the memory lane with Chitrahaar

Sep 092013
 

Traveling with Movies- A trip down memory lane with Chitrahaar from Bollywood I am part of the Doordarshan generation, yes the good old DD, and that too the Black and White one. We had one TV in our extended family, taking the pride of place in the bedroom of one of my uncles.  This was the hallowed room for us, allowed entry only once in a week on Wednesday when the weekly Bollywood dose of Chitrahaar was aired. For the ipod and Youtube generation it will not be out of place to inform what Chitrahaar was. You see in [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Ganesha The Traveler

Sep 092013
 
Ganesha The Traveler

  Ganesha The Original desi Traveler __/|\__   Ganesha has more names than a mere mortal can remember some of the popular ones are Ganesha, Ganpati, Vinayak, Ekdant, Vighneshwar, Lambodar and many more. He is found not only in India but in other countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal, China, Malaysia etc. As per one of the stories from Indian Mythology there was competition between Ganesha and his brother Kartikay, as to who can travel around the world first. So Kartikay started on his Peacock that he uses as his ride and goes on a world tour.  Now Ganesha who [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Pictures of Osmania University Hyderabad

Sep 022013
 
Pictures of Osmania University Hyderabad

    Osmania University: A Nizam Era Landmark of Hyderabad   Recently my friend and photographer Ganesan P visited Osmania University on a special request from me.   I requested Ganesan to visit the same and click some pictures.  So here are some pictures of Osmania University, how it looks today. This post is a very special one for emotional reasons, as the pictures were taken by Ganesan on my request to be sent to an old student of University who can not visit the same due to old age and visa issues.   I am sure many things have [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Hidden Canyon Of Hyderabad

Aug 132013
 
Hidden Canyon Of Hyderabad

Should we keeep the Hidden Canyon of Hyderabad a secret? A few days ago while on a photographic jaunt with some of my photographic friends we stopped at an isolated spot to plan where to go next. While we were talking as to where to go next to go to the next  birding hot spot in Hyderabad like Gandipet or go and click one of the monuments like Taramati Baradari. While we were debating on the same, one of us started exploring the area and this is what he found We were all very exited on this discovery just [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple Ammapalli Village Near Shamshabad

Aug 122013
 
Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple Ammapalli Village Near Shamshabad

Sri Rama Chandra Swamy Temple Ammapalli- Rediscovering an Ancient Temple Can popular be unknown? Can photographers become treasure hunters? Can a South Indian Temple have Rajasthan influence? Can you claim to discover something that has been there for hundreds of years? Can you be happy to be wrong? Well we got to find answers for these questions yesterday. My friend an avid Photographer and IT Entrepreneur AV Satish Kumar informed me about a hundred year old temple that he found while exploring area around Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad. He showed some pictures to us and soon we were as [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Ramazan Night Market- Charminar Hyderabad

Aug 052013
 
Ramazan Night Market- Charminar Hyderabad

A Walk in Night Bazaar for Ramazan Food Walk at Charminar & Laad Bazaar   While the politicians squabble over the future of Hyderabad, Hyderabadis fasting and shopping during Ramadan.  The area around Charminar has a special significance during Ramazan, as there is a special Night Bazaar for Ramazan that keeps open till 2-3 am to cater to the shopping frenzy of Hyderabadis in the night. I was to meet my friends from GHAC for Ramazan near the Purani Haveli and then walk all the way to Charminar enjoying the street food, Irani Chai ( a special Hyderabad style tea with [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Padharo Mhare Desh-Welcome to Rajasthan

Jul 272013
 
Padharo Mhare Desh-Welcome to Rajasthan

 Road Trip from Delhi To Jaipur Ever felt like you owned the world, after taking a loan and neck deep in debt? That’s how I felt after buying our first car. The aroma from fresh plastic made me dizzy giving a high hard to describe. On the very first weekend after getting the car we hit the Jaipur Highway. A brand new car, “Dhoom Machale” blaring from speakers, almost empty highway, it was a heady cocktail; the louder Tata Young crooned the harder I pressed the accelerator. But  pleas from Missus to slow down brought me to senses. Once [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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The Perfect Road Trip

Jul 212013
 
The Perfect Road Trip

My Perfect Road Trip with Time Machine Let me go back in time for some time, by pressing some knobs and levers on the time machine. Great! The knobs and levers worked fine and here I am back in the days when we were a few years in our career and joined evening classes to do an MBA. Although secretly each one of us was hoping that we will have some girls in the class, not realizing that the sex ration in evening classes in those days was worse than day time Haryana. Slowly the 5 of us started [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Pictures of Dal Lake Srinagar Kashmir & Other memories of a Photographer

Jul 082013
 
Pictures of Dal Lake Srinagar Kashmir & Other memories of a Photographer

  Dal Lake, Shikaras, Houseboats & other memories from Srinagar Kashmir Today on desi Traveler we go to Kashmir. No, I have not been fortunate enough to visit Kashmir ever, though it is very high on my wish list, but w e go with somebody who was born in Kashmir.  After all it is not from today but from the days of Amir Khusro that Kashmir is considered as Jannat or heaven when he said “Gar Firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast.”  meaning “If there is a heaven on earth, it’s here, it’s here,” Most of us [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Showcase on Swarat Ghosh- Street Photographer from India

Jul 042013
 
Showcase on Swarat Ghosh- Street Photographer from India

Street Photographs from India by Swarat Ghosh Dear Readers, today we showcase one of the most talented young street photographers in India. For him taking pictures is not just clicking button, but a whole experience in itself. He captures life like nobody else, as he has his own unique style and an eye of for life as it happens on streets of India. Within a short span of time he is recognized worldwide for his talent and has won many awards. This all when he has being photography purely out of passion, as Swarat Ghosh is a User Interface Designer by profession [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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