An amazing journey into the food of the Indian Subcontinent - A religion by itself. Planet Food India - Index. Handbook to the spices of India - Guide to Womens. Spices of India - Index. Mumbaiya thali at 11 pm. Best stopover between Pune and Mumbai. This combo cannot be translated effectively but I will try.

Some are written here with an extremely liberal amount of fiction in them. Some are factual essays, short stories or analyses. Enjoy! Index to collections of poshts and shtories.

There is supposed to be an ancient route of the gods. that was covered first by Kartikeya Swami, son of Lord Shiva, the Generalissimo of the Devas in their wars against the Asuras. It is said that, and it is true, that Kailasa and Kataragama are in the same longitude.

Journeys in the mind and around the world. Vaisnava Divya Desam Stories - Naimisharanyam Divya Desam - Where sages gathered to hear the greatest legends. Or Naimi sharanya ashram, as it was known in earlier years, is one of the most sacred ancient places of India and one of the 108 sacred Vaishnava Divya Desams. The place depicts Lord Vishnu in the aspect of a natural forest. As Lord Shiva is depicted at the source of the water, and as purusa. And Parvati is depicted as nature, as prakriti.

The yatra and the yatri - the journey and the seeker. It is said that the traveler is supreme, when on the journey. For, if it is completed, then, there is nothing more. The journey that never ends, is the perfect path for a seeker. That journey is perfect, wherein the seeker does not turn back, does not look ahead. The seeker is happy - - just to be, wherever, now, on the journey. Start changing small actions and create new habits to conquer oneself. How does it happen? This deliberate.