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Fun in Kalimpong

A heated discussion started at home the moment my father mentioned that he would take us for a holiday. And that too for five days! Everyone rattled out their suggestions about where to go and what to do. We finally decided on Kalimpong. Since we were pressed for time, we chose to fly to Bagdogra,… [ Continue Reading → ]

Fun in Your Own City

A ‘vacation’ doesn’t have to mean planes, beaches, costly hotels and crowds. What it could mean is a fun getaway for you and your family. This could be a great way of spending time without even leaving home. One of the most exciting things about going on vacation is breaking your normal routine. You do… [ Continue Reading → ]

Destination Gangtok

My sister was angry with my father for not having taken her for a vacation ever since her vacations started. My mother and I felt this was one issue in which we had to support her. Vested interests, obviously. We decided to go to Gangtok, mainly because it was not very far from home, in… [ Continue Reading → ]

Make a creative holiday plan with your kids

Summer’s approaching and you don’t want to take your children to meet relatives yet again – they’re also bored with that. You’ve also been to all the beaches nearby; the hill stations around your city, including the fun parks, so now you want to give them more than that. You know that India is a… [ Continue Reading → ]

Call of the Bird – from Bharatpur

Three days of holidays and all my husband and I wanted was a vacation to loosen the joints, shed our official demeanour and be children once again, preferably in the lap of nature, far away from the Delhi smog. The idea of being surrounded by a canopy of trees, feeling the moistness of winter dew… [ Continue Reading → ]

The Sunderbans – Tiger’s Tale

“Which is the largest delta in the world?’ asked my 12-year-old niece, Tinku. She was ploughing though her geography holiday assignment. Sunderbans! replied my brother helpfully. The only one who was not happy with his answer was I. I wanted her to see the swamps, and the delicate ecosystem sustained by the mangrove forests there…. [ Continue Reading → ]

Have your children been to these museums of Delhi?

There are some days that are just made to get out of the house. And when you are with children, you can be sure that it better be a place with lots to see and do. Despite the somewhat fuddy duddy image of a ‘museum’, museums can be great fun to go to. Let’s take… [ Continue Reading → ]

Walking on the Wild Side in Gir

Even now when my father takes a deep hacking cough in the middle of the night I am startled from my sleep, for I imagine the deep-throated ‘uuuunnnhhhh’ of the lioness as she ambled across the track without taking her eyes from our jeep. I was at my brother’s place at Rajkot in Gujarat, spending… [ Continue Reading → ]

Traveling with kids by road

One of the best ways to travel with kids is by road. Besides the convenience of being able to travel with more luggage, you have the flexibility of stopping for loo stops, food stops, a-ride-in-a-boat stop and, of course, the king of them all, the-car-broke-down stop. (The last is a great time to delve into… [ Continue Reading → ]

Chill out in Kausani

Nestled among dense pine forests, atop a narrow ridge, is the small picturesque town of Kausani in Uttar Pradesh. Famous for its tranquil surroundings, it is also known as the Switzerland of India. Located on the Pingnath peak among the Kumaon hills, Kausani is surrounded by the river Kosi on one side and the thunderous… [ Continue Reading → ]