Sitting on the steps of a small shrine housing the imposing emblem of Chandela dynasty, a feisty prince battling a fierce lion, I remember being distinctly unimpressed with what I saw. Blame it on the marketing gimmick that touts Khajuraho to be something it is not, a grand display of Kama Sutra and assorted erotica. If a destination doesn’t even live up to...
Few weeks ago I went exploring Madhya Pradesh's various kingdoms, wild and historic both. Starting with the impenetrable jungles of little-known Sanjay National Park in Parsili, I reached the crumbling ruins of Baghelkhand dynasty's forgotten legacy next. If these offbeat corners satiated the sense of exploration that we so seek from travel, the well trodden trails of Panna and Khajuraho offered a balancing...
[Women's swimming enclosure at Govindgarh Fort] Even when things seem to be going nowhere, India has the uncanny ability to surprise you. By now, I'm tuned to believe there's always light at the end of the tunnel. So even though I was awake for more than 22-hours straight at that point and we were literally in the middle of nowhere, I was hanging...
