The majestic Lotus Temple The Lotus Temple, located in New Delhi, India, is a Bahá'í House of Worship completed in 1986. Notable for its flowerlike shape, it serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent and has become a prominent attraction in the city. The Lotus Temple has won numerous architectural awards and been …
K for Kolkata
From top going clockwise: Victoria Memorial, St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Central Kolkata, Howrah Bridge, Kolkata tram, Vidyasagar Setu BridgeKolkata (also known as Calcutta) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly river, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while …
J for Jorhat
A tea garden in JorhatJorhat is a city and is the headquarters of the Jorhat district in the state of Assam in India. Jorhat is one of the major cities in Assam and the city acts as a gateway to upper Assam and to the state of Nagaland. It was the last capital of the …
I for India Gate
India Gate in the eveningThe India Gate is a national monument of India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, it was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. It commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than …
H for Hyderabad
Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The name Hyderabad means "Hyder's abode" or "lion city", derived from the Persian/Urdu words "haydar" or "hyder" (lion) and "ābād" (city or abode). According to John Everett-Heath, the author of Oxford Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, Hyderabad was named …
G for Guwahati
Guwahati cityGuwahati is an ancient urban area, largest city of Assam and northeastern India. It is one of the fastest developing cities in India and is a major city in Eastern India, often referred as "Gateway of North Eastern Region" of the country. It is also the capital city of Assam. The name Guwahati is …
F for Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. I had visited Fatehpur Sikri when I was nine and a half …
Book Review #6: The Sour Faced Moon
Name: The Sour Faced MoonAuthor: Rohini LallNo. of Pages: 251Genre: FictionPublisher: Frog Books (An imprint of Leadstart Publishing Pvt. Ltd.)Price: Rs. 195/-Published in: 2014The blurb of the book says: Oscillating between the families of Imroz Agha Khan, who resents his prosperous Afghan forefathers and his …
E for Elephant Falls
Elephant Falls is situated at the outskirts of the main city of Shillong. Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya, a state in north-east India. Elephant Falls is almost 12 kms away from the city. The unique part of Elephant Falls in Meghalaya is that it is a three-tier waterfall set in the dingles of the …
D for Dalhousie
Sunset in DalhousieDalhousie will always have a special place in my heart because it bestowed on me the gift of snow (my life's first). It was the first stop of the holiday Az and I took on the eve of our first wedding anniversary.Dalhousie is a hill station in Himachal Pradesh, established in 1854 by …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 