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        Have always been curious about Bihar. Think about all those history lessons one learnt by rote. All those confusing dates that refused to register and the names of various kings in the  long lineage of dynasties. But even amongst all those pages of wars and exploits and secessions , the annals  of  King Ashoka [...]

Saw a film named ‘Traffic” while in Kerala recently.The main thread of the story is based on a real life incident of a little over two years go in Chennai. Dr. Ashokan and Dr. Pushpanjali had lost their son Hitendran in a car accident.The boy had not responded to treatment and had been declared clinically [...]

       I  suffer from wanderlust and there are ever so many places on my list that I really want to visit before I die. Some of them have just not happened even after almost finalizing the itinerary. Some trips just happened out of the blue without any prior notice or planning.
 
      Finally, this last [...]

        On the way back from Kerala, I had made a detour to Pune, where my son presently is. He had got a campus placement after completing B.B.A from Synmbiosis, early this year and had started working in an Advertising firm. I was planning to stay with him for a day at the place , [...]

      There is something about the abiding beauty and grandeur of the Himalayas that makes you addicted to it , having even once seen any of its ranges. That is what goaded me once again to enroll for the KedarKanta trek organised by the Youth Hostel Association of India, in spite of my lingering apprehensions [...]

 Dear Friends,        This picure and the following link is for those who had evinced interest in knowing more about Malana village, mention of which was made in my post on the Chandekhani trek.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malana

The trek was not over though. There was a 2 km slide down the mountain which all of us enjoyed thoroughly, without exception. But after that exhilarating bit, came a really hazardous bit of trekking through the snow. There was an unending path winding halfway down the mountain, prepared by the guide in front, which [...]

16th May.      Morning. Glum faces all around. No one sure whether to go on or go back. Together with the disappointment of the returning group and the tiredness of the ten and a half hours of trekking of yesterday, most of us failed to tap into our reserves of strength-mental as well as physical.       In [...]

11th May      Early morning trek through pine forests up to Bringta Top. The path literally strewn with pine cones-one had to kick them aside at every step before moving on. The trees grew thickly and when the wind blew through them,  the sound resembled that of sea waves, advancing and retreating. The climb up to [...]

           The  Youth Hostels Association of India arranges  a number of Himalayan treks every year in the months of April to June at the national level. These national treks are apart   from the various activities and treks arranged for  by the State branches of the Association. For those in love with nature and the outdoors, [...]