In the incessant drizzle, I peered from under the umbrella to ascertain that I had reached my destination, Mile End Terrace– the Birthplace of Charles Dickens- the eminent writer of classics like Oliver Twist,Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfieldand many more. I was in Portsmouth, England and was glancing at a typical English street, lined […]

पूर्वजों की धरती-भीमबैठका के भ्रमण का अवसर हमें तब प्राप्त हुआ जब एक विवाह समारोह में सम्मिलित होने हम मध्य प्रदेश की राजधानी भोपाल गए। निकटतम भीमबैठका की गुफाओं तक पहुंचने के लिए हम दक्कन के विशाल हरे-भरे, चट्टानी मार्गों से निकले। मेरे पीछे, विंध्या पर्वत शृंखला की पृष्ठभूमि थी, मेरे समक्ष 500 गुफाएं फैली […]

We drove past infinite, green, rocky slopes of the Deccan plateau, which seemed to culminate in the faraway backdrop of Vindhyan mountain range. To reach the Bheembetka Rock Art Cave-shelters, famed worldwide for primitive Rock paintings, spread over seven hills belonging to Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic( Middle Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age) […]

इंग्लैंड के भक्ति वेदांत मैनर द्वारा वॉटफोर्ड थिएटर में रामायण प्रस्तुति की सूचना ई-मेल पर पढ़ते ही लंदन की ऑक्सफोर्ड स्ट्रीट पर बिताई एक संध्या की यादों का आवंटन हुआ, जब वहां एकत्रित जननसमूह का मैं भी एक भाग थी, जो इंटरनेशनल सोसाइटी फॉर कृष्णा कॉनशियसनस (इसकॉन) के हर्षित-समूह के आगमन की प्रतीक्षा कर रहा […]

An e-mail alert informed about the birth celebrations of Lord Ram by the Bhaktivedant Manor in Watford near London. This evoked memory of an evening in England at the Oxford street where we awaited, in the midst of a crowd, for the joyful procession of Iskcon. One survey indicates that amongst the iconic symbols of […]

With school time memories of reading the delightful book – Tale of Peter Rabbit resonating in my mind, we headed straight for its writer’s home. Beatrix Potter’s Hill top home is located in the spectacular lake district of England and herein I was hoping to discover the magic of all her 23 tales – enchanting […]

हरे पन्ने सी हरियाली में पैदल मार्च पर चलते हुए हमें ‘शहद से भीगे’ रंग वाला बाथ स्टोन पत्थर का विशाल भवन बेसिल इन पार्क हाउस दिखा। हम इंगलैंड के रेडिंग क्षेत्र में थे जहां 400 एकड़ की वुडलैंड में यह शानदार महाराजा जोर्ज शैली में निर्मित भवन स्थित है। बेसिलडन पार्क हाउस की अपनी […]

After a long walk from the car park through lush emerald greenery we came upon the honey- hued Bathstone splendid façade of the Basildon Park House in Reading England, a stunning Georgian Mansion set within 400 acres of woodland . We set out to explore its journey from an 18th century  home to a deserted […]

With a zest to view one of the world’s oldest collections of books and manuscripts, we headed for the Adyar International Theosophical society complex, which unlike its tongue twisting name was a mini paradise of natural beauty and multi-religion shrines. Leaving behind the commotion of Chennai city, we crossed a bridge over the river Adyar […]

One summer we had a chance to drive up North of England to the  seaside Bamburgh Castle in Northumbria . From the car windscreen  i spotted the dramatic ,intimidating  Castle , perched high up on a rock outcrop whose existence went back to the two thousand years. The Sandstone Castle could have been anywhere in […]