We drove through 17 Mile (45 KM) drive on our way from San Jose to Los Angeles. It is about 2 hrs drive from San Jose, California state. Its pure bliss to see the ocean here. You will be driving along the blue Pacific ocean on one side and beautiful gardens, landscaping, green hills on […]
Agra Fort, India
It was my first day of stay at Agra. I reached by train from Lucknow. The hotel Agra Regal Vista was 6 KM from Agra Cant and auto took Rs.150. My Itinerary In this trip I planned to visit five UNESCO World Heritage forts, a Safari and few tombs which were of great stalwarts of […]
Saadat Ali Khan-II Tomb- A yesterday of Lucknow
Whenever I roam in Lucknow I feel Lucknow is new but clothe is still of Nawab days. In whatever street you get into has some or the other monument. Hazratganj is however modernized still some buildings have prints of 200 years olden days. Whichever street We can not ignore these buildings. If we demolish these […]
Kaiserbagh Palace, Chhatar Manzil, Safed Baradari, Sikandarbagh- A yesterday of Lucknow
गुजरेंगे जाने वाले, मंजिल यूँही रहेगी अफ़सोस हम न होंगे, महफ़िल यूँही रहेगी While i was visiting some of the monuments I felt that these monuments are now merged and embedded into the population of city, many are being used as colleges, schools or for prayer that these have almost lost the class and status […]
The Taj Mahal- A Metaphor of Love
ढूंढोगे कहाँ मुझको, मेरा पता लेते जाओ, एक कब्र नई होगी एक जलता दिया होगा। I was just standing in front of Taj Mahal and wondering the shine which had glowed my heart 26 years ago has conspicuously dimmed a bit when I saw Taj Mahal this time. Yes, I had that warmth of its […]
Shah Najaf Tomb- A yesterday of Lucknow
हम भी बीते हुए को जी लेते हैं. और एक दिन हम न होंगे … पर हमारा निशां होगा. It was my second trip to Lucknow. UPSTDC guys settled for a guide for me for Rs.700 and overwhelmingly he came in tie and in full enthu next morning in his bike. Since I was alone […]
