Astronaut Aesthetic
Turkish designer Bora Aksu debuted his much-anticipated Autumn/Winter 2019/20 Collection at London Fashion Week’s opening day – February 15, to a packed audience of top fashion influencers, fashion bloggers and freelance writers like myself. Apart from feeling rather out of my depth at such a glitzy event, surrounded by fashionistas dressed to the nines, I…
APRIL 2019
APRIL 02 – Kaila Devi Fair APRIL 06 – Mewar Festival/Gudi Padava/Ugadi/Chaitra Navratri APRIL 08 – Gauri Puja / Gangaur APRIL 13 – Jallianwala Bagh Day APRIL 14 – Ram Navami/Ambedkar Jayanti/Baisakhi/Tamil New Year APRIL 15 – Shukrodaya Ekadashi/Bohag Bihu/Vishu APRIL 17 – Mahavir Jayanti/World Haemophilia Day APRIL 18 – World Heritage Day APRIL 19 – Hanuman Jayanti/Good Friday APRIL 20 – Shab-E-Barat APRIL…
Yumthang Valley in Sikkim
Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim is a veritable wonderland with hot springs, yaks and grazing pastures on rolling meadows surrounded by mountains. Located more than 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) above sea level, the valley has an unspoilt beauty. The lush green forest abounds in pine and silver fir trees and wild flowers like primulas and…
Cherry Blossoms In Japan
“O my Love is like a red, red rose,” proclaimed the poet Robert Burns, but the cherry blossom is the apple of the eye – at least, for the Japanese. Soft and delicate, often pink or white, the flower is the cynosure of all eyes in Japan. People gather to see it bloom – the…
Visiting Wordsworth
“For oft when in my couch I lie, in vacant or in pensive mood/ they flash upon the inward eye that is the bliss of solitude.” – The Daffodils by William Wordsworth. Has it really been over a month since brook and road, haystacks and fells and limpid lakes were my fellow travellers? As I…
