The Mishdi Chronicles

Today, I thought of posting a poem of mine which I wrote years back on Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu. I visited Nepal in 2014 and my most memorable moments were with the divine on the banks of river Bagmati where the shrine of Pashupatinath stood tall encompassing every spec of the…

Considering the rich architectural history of India, spanning over 2000 years and nicely woven in the thread of various religions followed in this country, India can safely be called a ‘country of temples‘. However, in this vast country, a few cities and towns have emerged tall and held to their…

I always believe that the power of a place attracts us and we often visit those places accidentally and without any planning. Sometimes, we make last minute changes in our itinerary to accommodate a place simply because we got to know about it at the last minute, by sheer coincidence.…

The north eastern states of India are very rich in natural beauty and offer on a platter, an exquisite bouquet of landscapes, cultures, cuisines and social and religious diversity. Assam is one such state which is like the eldest sister in the sorority of seven sisters i.e. the seven north…

I was flipping through a magazine on one of the leisure afternoons, when a small column on a heritage hotel in a small village of Himachal Pradesh caught my attention. I had never heard of this place before. This village called ‘Garli’ found a decorated place in this leading magazine’s…

Tripura is a small state in the North East of India, mostly covered with hills and forests and widely known for its various ethnic tribes and their distinct culture. It is bordered by Bangladesh on three sides and by two Indian states of Mizoram and Assam to the East. Divided…

Nestled deep in the pristine Kangra valley, the Masroor group of temples are known to very few people. Their secluded hermitage is sometimes intruded by the seekers who seek to find solace in their quest and thrill of their explorations. Till recently, even I didn’t have the faintest idea of…

1n 1995, Doordarshan, the Indian National Broadcaster, aired a series of thirteen episodes in Hindi called ‘Amaravati Ki Kathayen‘, which was an anthology of short stories and snippets from the daily life of the people of a town called Amaravati. This series was based on a Telugu short stories collection…

About 56,000 years ago, a meteorite hit the surface of the Earth and a deep scar was made on the body of our planet. The scar gradually healed and the crater so created was filled with water. A beautiful lake emerged, calming the pain of the Earth and creating its…

How does a place become mysterious? It becomes mysterious when its truth is not known to people, when we know very little about it and are unable to fathom the depth of the secrets and the stories that place has disguised for centuries within the layers of its long standing…