From Mira Mar I went to the Town bus-stand, and then I left by bus to a place called Calangute, about 20 kms distant, supposedly Goa's most beautiful beach. There a Goa Govt. Hotel had dorm beds for ₹ 280 (how sweet !), and aghast with Govt. efficiency, I first strayed north towards Baga beach, but soon retraced my way and set off southwards along the beach to Aguada (where...

I was little ahead of Indian Museum on the road so decided to walk unto the museum. By this time the footpaths along the road were starting to get occupied by hawkers selling all sorts of wares. I came to Indian Museum building which had just opened its counters. I did not have any expectations form the museum and thought I would just skim through it. However, it turned out to b...

सारा परिसर कई प्रकार के टैंकों से भरा था. मगर मेरी नज़र किसी भारतीय टैंक को ढूँढने में लगी हुई थी. अंत में उसी परिसर में एक भारतीय टैंक सुशोभित दिखाई दिया, जिसका नाम “Vijayanta” था. यह टैंक सेंचुरियन टैंकों की श्रेणी का था, जिसे सम्पूर्ण रूप से भारत में बनाया गया था. यह १९६६ में सेना में शामिल हुआ और २००४ में इसे सेवानिवृत किया गया. १९७१ के युद्ध में इसने अहम् भूमिका निभाई. पर उ...

Calcutta also known as the city of festivals almost remains enlightened all through the year with various festivals every now and then. Whether it’s Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Laxmi Puja, Kartik Puja, Vishwakarma Puja, Holi, Diwali, Christmas or whatever, the city enjoys them all with full celebration. Durga Puja is ideally the biggest festival of Calcutta (and West Bengal). The cit...

I was getting nostalgic and remembering my goa days. The hotel manager was very nice, I did speak to him to seek further guidance, he advised us to take car to the light house from other side and not to walk in the sun to take the stairs. He offered to stay for 1 night there. Indeed a good idea to spend one night in kovalam. However, we had our luggage in Kanyakumari so we canno...