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.

Petition to Railway Minister Sh. Suresh Prabhu

Mar 152016
 
Petition to Railway Minister Sh. Suresh Prabhu

 Rail Minister Please allow own food in Shatabdi / Rajdhani trains to stop food wastage Indian trains have come a long way in terms of modernization and technology while retaining the mystery and joy of traveling to distant destinations in a leisurely way. Nothing can match the romance of a listening to the loud whistles of the engine as you pass through dark tunnels remembering the odd joke about trains and tunnels and wondering if any of those were true while rubbing your cheek? Have you ever felt the sense of being a VVIP as your train passes a railway [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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My Personal Finance Story: When I Cashed my Gift Coupon

Mar 142016
 
My Personal Finance Story: When I Cashed my Gift Coupon

  I was recently invited to write about my personal finance story. I was wondering what to write, when I remembered my trip to the Departmental store. There was a brand promotion exercise in our apartment complex from a major automobile company. There were swanky cars on display and everybody including the kids was encouraged to touch and feel the cars. But this post is not about the cars, or even about the type of promotions they did. The gist of the matter is that there were some fun games and the emcee for the evening was distributing gifts [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Lufthansa “Announce Your Flight Contest” And the Winner is

Mar 102016
 
Lufthansa "Announce Your Flight Contest" And the Winner is

  Lufthansa’s first in-flight announcement by a kid I am big on family travel and love traveling with my children. So I could never agree with the debate in flying circles that families with kids should be sent to the back of the plane and other such ideas floating around. We, Indians, are anyway big on traveling with family including kids and now with so many Indian families traveling to far away destinations, one is always looking for a kid-friendly airline. We have enjoyed our VVIP moments, thanks to our children, when a smiling airline hostess has asked us to jump [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Women Who Travel – Sometimes alone Sometimes with Family

Mar 072016
 
Women Who Travel - Sometimes alone Sometimes with Family

Inspiring Women Travel Bloggers to follow on Women’s Day This month’s desi Travel digest focuses on bloggers and not on blog posts, and to celebrate the International Women’s Day, I am including only Women Travel Bloggers from India. The good thing is we are celebrating Tuesday, March 8 International Women’s Day 2016, or in short Women’s day. The sad thing is we need to celebrate, recognize and push forward Women’s day to highlight that everything is not hunky dory with the way our world looks at Women. Unfortunately like everything else in this selfie-obsessed world, where hashtags are greeted with the [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Haveli Dharampura Delhi 6

Mar 052016
 
Haveli Dharampura Delhi 6

Delhi Gets her own Heritage Hotel – Haveli Dharampura They say there were seven cities of Delhi. I say there are 7 cities of  Delhi. For I am not talking about the city of Delhi that is now found in history books or in the ruins of forts, that were once cursed by Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia as Ya Rahe Ujar, Ya Basey Gujar” या रहे  उजड़ या बसे गूजर. The patron saint of Delhi was upset with the mighty Emperor because he was diverting laborers from a step well that the saint was building towards the Tughlakabad fort. Emperors, plunderers [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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March 2016 Calendar: Download Desktop Wallpaper

Feb 292016
 
March 2016 Calendar: Download Desktop Wallpaper

  March 2016 Calendar Desktop Wallpaper Ah, the month of March will soon be marching in our lives announcing the end of spring and the wait for monsoons begin with the onset of early summers this year. Normally here in Delhi we keep our woolens till about a week before Holi, but this year we are in our  half sleeves already. So to ask the weather gods to let cooler weather  stay for a few weeks more, I am dedicating the  for the March 2016 desktop wallpaper Calendar to winters. So  ladies and gentlemen I give you the 85 feet idol [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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UE BOOM Bluetooth Speakers Review

Feb 292016
 
UE BOOM Bluetooth Speakers Review

Unboxing of Ultimate Ears UE Boom Bluetooth Speakers Remember those days when everything had wires attached, including phones, yes those of you born in this century would be surprised to know that when I was growing up, phones had wires attached to them including phones, music system and speakers. Now wires restrict your movement, are cumbersome to attach and are ugly to look at. In came the Bluetooth wireless revolution and suddenly wires were redundant and made life much more flexible for the music lovers. So I was happy to receive Ultimate Ears Boom Bluetooth speakers for review from UE, a [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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Auto Expo with Toyota India

Feb 272016
 
Auto Expo with Toyota India

The All New Launches by Toyota India Indian auto market has changed so much in last few years that it is tough to imagine that when I was growing up there were only 2- 3 car companies in India. But how the automobile market has changed and with each passing year the best of the global automobiles are available in India, but even better than that in my opinion are cars made for India by the global auto majors like Toyota. I had the opportunity to visit Auto Expo 2016 in Greater NOIDA and see some of the latest [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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British Airways Wins hearts with an emotional campaign

Feb 262016
 
British Airways Wins hearts with an emotional campaign

A Bond That is Fuelled by Love    First a loving memory: I have always had a deep bond and touching memories for the British Airways as me and wife jee went to London and further in Europe in a British Airways flight and we had a jolly good time. Needless to say we were given a Royal treatment throughout the flight, with the head of cabin crew herself coming and greeting us during the course of our flight to London from Delhi. Now British Airways have flown to India for more than 90 years and has deep bond with flyers [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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desi goes for Varanasi Sunrise Boat Ride

Feb 202016
 
desi goes for Varanasi Sunrise Boat Ride

  Varanasi Sunrise Boat Ride While most of us are busy debating traveler vs. tourist, I am caught in a dilemma of checking the night life or the early morning activities of a city irrespective of being a tourist or traveler. Taking the debate further focused there are people who click sunsets and then there are people who click sunrises. It is an altogether different thing that you cannot tell the difference between the two if you look at the picture. Unless you know the city very well and are aware of its monuments and where the sun sets. [Continue Reading By Clicking Here…]

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