Prasad Np

Running the Rat race, scheming to swim with the sharks. Wondering what is left in rat race after conquering the corner office. Writes India Travel Blog desi Traveler, with stories and pictures from India.

Apr 012021
 
Free Download April 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - A Lake in Ladakh

Every Lake in Ladakh Has Magic – Download April 2021 Wallpaper Calendar   As summer knock on the dusty plains of India, everybody looks to go to mountains to escape the heat, while for a long time the hills meant Simla, Mussoorie, Manali, Nainital in North and Ooty, Kodai and Munnar in South maybe 5 maybe 10 years ago the movie 3 idiots catapulted Ladakh into fame. And suddenly ” I got Lehed” that was a hush hush declaration of culmination of a mostly clandestine horizontal  rendevouz, suddenly became a buzzword of dizzying vertical achievements, thanks to the rarified [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Mar 012021
 
Free Download March 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Malabar Gliding Frog

MALABAR GLIDING FROG -AGUMBE – MARCH 2021 WALLPAPER CALENDAR For the March 2021 Wallpaper Calendar let us visit one of the last surviving rainforests in India, the land of a million critters Agumbe in Karnataka. In all honesty Agumbe is a bit of an enigma even for the best of wildlife photographers, as most wildlife photographers chase the big cats in India, while others are avid birders and will spend countless days and weeks trying to catch glimpse of those rare species of birds both endemic as well as our guests that come from far flung places like cold [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Feb 012021
 
Free Download February 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - A Hilltop Temple In Hampi Karnataka

The Frangipani Tree & Temple in Hampi Karnataka: February 2021 Wallpaper Calendar This post is about the February 2021 Wallpaper calendar featuring a small hilltop temple in Hampi Karnataka. Now I have not traveled in 2020, so I wanted to cancel the 2020 Calendar and calendar contest as I did not have any recent pictures to share on the monthly calendar. While regularly I use old images for the monthly calendar, the ratio is always skewed in favor of more recent trips. But then I thought why to cancel the calendar and the contest as that is one of [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Jan 012021
 
Free Download January 2021 Wallpaper Calendar - Girl in Paddy Field Assam

  January 2021 Wallpaper Calendar – A Farmer’s Daughter In Assam   Finally the 2020 is over, never have we waited for a year to end as we have waited for 2020 to back in history books, hopefully never to be found again except to linger in an odd nightmare. I do hope all the sorrows that 2020 brought with it will be drowned in a vial of vaccine that 2021 has promised to bring with it. So dear reader welcome to 2021 a year that brings new hopes like never before.  As I could not travel anywhere in [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Dec 312020
 
2021 desi Traveler Calendar Winners Announcement

Goodbye 2020, Say hello to 2021 desi Traveler Calendar Winners Hello Travelers, this post is a thank you note to all the readers of of desi Traveler blog and all the participants who have made the annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest a big success once again. We had participants from all parts of the country and abroad. Although the results have been announced on Social Media, this little blog is what I am passionate about and considering the short life of posts on social media I am sharing the names of the winners here on the desi Traveler Blog. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Dec 032020
 
2021 desi Traveler Annual Calendar Contest

Win a stay at  The Grand Dragon Ladakh, or Chateau Garli Himachal, or  Emerald Trail Uttarakhand  Hello Travelers, how many of you are looking forward to 2021? I, for sure am looking forward to 2021 or to be more specific the limited edition 2021 desi Traveler Calendar that can be yours if you participate in the annual desi Traveler Calendar Contest. But that is only part of the story!    This year the good folks at The Grand Dragon Ladakh, Chateau Garli Kangra, Himachal Pradesh & Emerald Trail, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand have joined hands with desi Traveler and they are [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Dec 012020
 
Free Download December 2020 Wallpaper Calendar -Sunrise at Yamuna Ghat Delhi

So we are in the last month of 2020, that by any account has nothing similar in the past nor hopefully we will see something similar in the future. Am I glad or what, that we are closer to the end of 2020 ? I am sure anybody reading this post will have a similar feeling. So it is appropriate that in the last month of 2020 I am sharing an image of Sunrise for the December 2020 Wallpaper Calendar,  that hopefully will be a new dawn for 2021. We still have the full month of December 2020 and [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Nov 012020
 
Free Download November 2020 Wallpaper Calendar - Nilgai in Tal Chapar

While I welcome November,  I am also wondering is it not too soon for November 2020 to be here? I mean who brings  November so quickly while we are still trying to get a grip on July, August, September and October? But November is here and so is the November 2020 Wallpaper Calendar.   This month’s free wallpaper calendar features one of the most majestic male Blue Buck or Nilgai I have ever seen. This male who  totally towered above the grassland of Tal Chapar ( and me ), looked straight into the camera as I was trying to [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Oct 012020
 
Free Download October 2020 Wallpaper Calendar

Hello October, hello fall hello awesome weather !! Hello, October 2020 Wallpaper Calendar. I wish I could also add to the same goodbye Corona, but alas the virus is still around & spreading while our government, media & above all citizens ignore it totally believing in the idiom, ” Ignorance is bliss”. All I can say is while some travel has opened but that is for saving the economy, even if it means some more tragedies around. So if you are planning to travel around good luck to you and if you are interested in virtual travel may I [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

Sep 012020
 
Free Download September 2020 Wallpaper Calendar -Masrur Temples Kangra Himachal

So we are in September of 2020, will it change anything? Will things remain the same? I have no answers only questions that I keep asking myself and pray that hopefully the worst is over and we are heading towards better months and years ahead. A new month also means a new desi Traveler Calendar, and for September 2020 Wallpaper Calendar I am sharing the Masrur Temples of Kangra in Himachal. Though I have been to Kangra earlier , but could never visit the Masrur temples due to various reasons. In my last visit to Kangra, I was lucky [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]