by Kumud Mohan | Jun 16, 2011 | Lifestyle, Travel
There is a legend that during a sojourn at Kashi (a holy town on the banks of the river Ganges) with all the other gods and goddesses, Shiva the ascetic sought serenity and solitude. Narad, the heavenly minstrel, suggested a verdant region on the eastern coast. Shiva...
by Kumud Mohan | May 25, 2005 | Lifestyle, Travel
The scorching heat of India’s northern plains was behind us. The sun could no longer penetrate except in shafts through the thick foliage. Some 140 miles northeast of Delhi, off the Nainital route, this was tiger country in earnest. On one side of the roughly hewn...
by Kumud Mohan | Feb 26, 2003 | Features, Travel
An island named after the legendary bird of paradise was nowhere to be found either on the tourist brochure of “Exotic Orissa” or in the colorful literature printed by the Chilika Development Authority. We would have missed Rajhans altogether if it had not been for my...
