Shirdi is one of those spiritual places that are jam-packed with innumerable hotels today. Weekends or weekdays, scores of faithful pilgrims, descending from all over the world, jostle for a breathing space in this holy town. Sometimes I wonder how the landscape would have been, around say 25 or 30 years ago, when pilgrimages were less commonly undertaken and t…
Read moreAs we are celebrating the first International Yoga Day worldwide today, that is 21st June 2015, I heard this question pop out in one of the media out there and it set my mind thinking - What is Yoga? And how can we incorporate it in our daily lives? For me, the idea of Yoga meant doing all kinds of postures and asana s, the rhythmic inhaling – exhaling rout…
Read moreWhen I initially sat down planning for Melbourne, what I had with me is a list of about ten odd places that I wished to visit during my four-day trip to the city. Question that followed was: How to group all these places so as to create an amazing itinerary? I arrived in Melbourne with no map and itinerary in hand. My planning at home had been raw - just …
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