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42nd International Kolkata Book fair: A photo stor...
February 3, 2018
The International Kolkata Book Fair is an unconventional age-old romance that has caught the fancy of several suitors who share the literary dream, over the years.
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The nuances that make the City of Joy
January 31, 2018
As we set foot in Kolkata, we realised there was so much to see in the ‘city of joy’; after all, it is not by chance that the city got the moniker, it earned it.
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Celebrating rural handicrafts from Bengal
January 25, 2018
Commemorating the 50th-anniversary celebration of Crafts Council of West Bengal, an exhibition celebrating rural crafts from Bengal was organised at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Rabindranath Tagore Centre.
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In and around the Chitwan National Park, Nepal
January 17, 2018
Famous for its temples and mountain treks, Nepal has another saving grace: a bumper wildlife. The Chitwan National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ideal setting for a safari to discover single-horned rhinoceros, crocodiles, Bengal tigers and a wide variety of birds.
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A bibliophile’s dream
January 12, 2018
Despite the infiltration of e-books and kindles in the market, book fairs in India are celebrated with fanfare. The 26th edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair is on in full force in the national capital, New Delhi, at Pragati Maidan (exhibition hall). The book fair started on ...
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Urs – The Spirit of Devotion at Dargah Hazra...
January 6, 2018
The festive season of Diwali, Christmas and New Year is followed by the festival of Urs, which memorialises the death anniversary of Sufi (a sect of Islam) saints by celebrating their lives. Located in the Indian capital New Delhi, the Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin is considered one o...
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Exploring the cultural synthesis of Sharjah
January 4, 2018
Sharjah should be visited for its offering of contrasting landscapes and cultures. A city built in a desert, which has ports at its two ends, its geography is rather interesting, just like the eclectic mix of people who live here and like its touristic offerings. Th...
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Christmas Celebrations in India
December 25, 2017
While Christmas has become a mass celebration in India, we cannot help but peek into the many phases of the joyous occasion.
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An Indonesian green dream
December 22, 2017
Indonesia is famous amongst tourists for its many attractions, one of them being the pristine Botanical Gardens of Bogor with the adjoining Presidential Palace.
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Kathmandu’s architectural gems
December 18, 2017
Kathmandu has been home to Nepal’s architectural wealth, which expanded between the 15th and 18th centuries. Though those illustrious times may have ended, remains of traditionally carved old heritage buildings in the city still exist in narrow modernised surroundings.
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