PENDOWN- Art, Travel and Culture Blog
My Meditating Space with experiential travel stories from India and 31 other countries!
PENDOWN- Art, Travel and Culture Blog
My Meditating Space with experiential travel stories from India and 31 other countries!
Gorakhpur is my first city. I was born in this laid back city of Uttar Pradesh and I am connected to it in many ways. My Mum hails from there. Co-incidentally, both my parents graduated from Gorakhpur University (D.D.U) before they got to know each other. Technically, it should have been a love marriage for them but since they …
Varanasi (the city that gets it name from Varuna and Assi Rivers) is enchantingly enigmatic as it is famous. If you have had enough days of quietude, solitude and solo traveling, the best place to head to is Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. I bet, you will love the clutter, clamor and …
Lucknawi Chikankaari has stood through decades and even today this beautiful and elegant hand-embroidery does not fail to impress. I dedicate this article to the artisans who have held the treasure forever. As a little girl when I wore my first Chikan salwar-kameej, I was totally fascinated by the colorful threads that wove bel …
Hey, what do you know about Chambal? When a fellow travel writer posed this question to me… I went blank for a moment. Charmanwati river, Phoolan devi, legendary bandit tales, mud moulds and the violent ravines… uuummmhhh…that’s it! I sounded nervous because that was all I knew about or had heard about Chambal. …
A trip to UTTAR PRADESH Its been 6 days since I returned from the FAM (familiarization) trip of Uttar Pradesh but the euphoria refuses to die down. Back with more than seven hundred pictures in my mobile and camera, I am enjoying assimilating the thrills and miles of the trip. Though my connection with its capital city has been …
