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Rooting for Raju Omelet in Dubai’s Karama

May 30, 2014 By Tania Bhattacharya 2 Comments

Raju Omelet in Dubai

We are fully prepared to head to a second restaurant for a more filling meal after, should just eggs don’t do the trick, but we could not have been more wrong.

Filed Under: Food-n-Health, Travel Tagged With: dubai, restaurant

Dubai’s moment of joy

December 9, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Dubai was a city of game-changing transitions. But the city was also about compassion if you asked me. During my 3-week stay in the city I could see a sense of belongingness people had toward this great city.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: dubai, dubai airport, dubai museum, old

A trip to God’s own country

July 11, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya 1 Comment

I was determined to catch a sunset and I was rewarded with a beautiful one at Kovallum Beach. I never realized how much time flew by, as I gazed at the flaming orb get swallowed by the sea.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: backwaters, kerala, kovullam, old, padmanabha temple, trivandrum, vivekananda rock memorial, wooden palace

For Those Who Need Information About Kolkata Passport Seva Kendra

February 3, 2013 By Tania Bhattacharya 12 Comments

Kolkata Passport Seva Kendra, Google Map

It might seem a nightmare, but in reality all you need to know is how the system works when you apply for passports at the Passport Seva Kendras in various cities in India

Filed Under: City, City Life 1, Travel Tagged With: apply passport india, india passport, kendra, Kolkata, old, passport, passport seva kendra, PSK, Ruby, seva

The Many Charms of Puducherry

January 20, 2013 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Swimming in Bay of Bengal in Puducherry

The first thing that anyone visiting Puducherry should do is to dawdle down to the beach. But then the place has its own identity, carefully protected by its past…and perhaps the only place in India where a political or spiritual message written in Tamil, Telugu and French nestle next to each other.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: bay of bengal, french colony, old, puducherry, sea beach

Malaysia – Malls, Street Food, Rain Forests, More

December 31, 2012 By Tania Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Malaysia is an exciting holiday destination if you’re looking for good food, great shopping and nature at its best. It has gargantuan malls, even in relatively smaller cities, brimming with diverse Malay people that the country is so proud of.

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: kuching river, malaysia, sarawak museum

A Taste of India

February 16, 2010 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

None stopped by to answer a harried Bong’s questions. Just then as a messiah an autodriver stopped by, asked,”kaha chalna hai saab?” and Hindi never sounded sweeter!

Filed Under: People, Travel

Sunset at the Indian Navy Camp at Diamond Harbour

January 30, 2010 By Partha Bhattacharya 1 Comment

The place was used to test artillery shells and was an important strategic location during the Indo-Pak war of 1971.The place still has relics from the past-a decrepit 80 feet tall watchtower, bunkers, army residential places and the kaman-ghor. My uncle, who used to study at a school nearby, told, as a child on occasional days, he used to often hear the booming sounds of shells being tested.

Filed Under: Nature, Travel

A journey through Greenland

August 7, 2009 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Very few things perhaps please you more than the beauty of nature. Sitting at my works, hunching on my laptop I’m at once transported to the vast whitish expanse of Greenland as I see the video below. We cannot be to all the places we dream to go but a video like this one can […]

Filed Under: Nature, Travel

Quest for new 7 natural wonders

July 13, 2009 By Partha Bhattacharya 1 Comment

A little over 3 months back NDTV conducted a survey to choose 7 wonders of India. The grand finale took place in a glittering function in New Delhi on April 3 last. All the 7 selected were man-made monuments, and predictably the Taj Mahal won the ‘race’. Taj Mahal was also one of the New […]

Filed Under: Nature, Travel

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