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The following is a list of all entries from the Travel category.
Signature Foods
Filed in Food,Travel, August 22, 2010, 4:24 pm by SukumarSignature FoodsProlog I started my career in Mumbai in what seems like eons back. The city will always be seared in my memory for teaching the basic tenet of being a professional – being dependable. Mumbaikars will go to office in such pouring rain, that in any other city would be considered an emergency flood [...]
Just an opinion on “Indian Culture”
Filed in General Interest,Travel, May 10, 2010, 6:20 pm by KumaranJust an opinion on “Indian Culture”What I want to share is just a personal opinion, hoping to know what others think about it. I was travelling in the U.S recently and had a chance to interact to few of my close friends from college.When we were discussing about our kids and how they have grown [...]
Paris Travelog #7 – A Melange
Filed in Travel, February 4, 2010, 10:00 am by Priya RajuParis Travelog #7 – A MelangePlease checkout Sukumar’s most previous serving of Paris here. Say “Paris” and images of the French Revolution, the excesses of King Louis XIV and Napoleon Bonaparte spring to mind. Visitors to Paris will find “Haussmannian Paris” stickier still. Baron Haussmann was a town planner in Emperor Napoleon III’s reign. He almost [...]
Paris Travelog #6 – Third Photo Essay – Louvre
Filed in Travel, January 31, 2010, 2:26 pm by SukumarParis Travelog #6 – Third Photo Essay – LouvrePlease read Priya Raju’s excellent write up on the Louvre to appreciate this photo essay better. I want to start the essay with Vermeer’s lace maker that refuses to leave my head even after a month – some what like the earworms that people talk about in [...]
Paris Travelog #5 – The Louvre
Filed in Travel, January 18, 2010, 10:00 am by Priya RajuParis Travelog #5 – The LouvreThis is the next serving of our Paris Travelog series. The previous post was a photo-essay by Sukumar. You can check it out here. A trip to Paris is incomplete without a visit to the fantastic Louvre, which has been a museum since 1793. It is the largest museum in [...]
