If Mahatma Gandhi was to take you on a trip to the significant places from his life, where all would he take you? His travels were extensive. If he was living in the age of social media, he would easily earn the tag of – Most Traveled Person. No matter where you go in India, […]

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Porbandar – I first heard this name when we were supposed to write an essay on Mahatma Gandhi in school days. Forget this place, Gujarat was also a distant land growing up in Chandigarh. Then came the age of the Internet. And I saw fellow travelers traveling to the city and sharing images of the […]

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Aga Khan Palace is a beautiful Palace located in a quaint neighborhood of Yerwada in Pune. History of Aga Khan Palace It was built in 1892 after a famine to generate employment for the region’s people. So, the roots of this palace are in charity & noble thoughts. It took 5 years and 1000 workers […]

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We were driving back from Banganga we saw a board announcing Mani Chowk. I asked my cousin if this is where Mani Bhavan is – he said yes and parked the car right there. Very sweetly allowing me to go and explore the museum even without asking. So I entered this street that looks pretty […]

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We know Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar. But it is in Ahmedabad that Mahatma Gandhi was born when he came back from Africa in 1915 and set up an Ashram in the city. A lovely Bungalow was gifted to him by Barrister Jivanlal Desai in the Kochrab locality of the city that is […]

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On very short notice once again, I was asked to travel to Ahmedabad. This city again is on my list of ‘to be visited’ cities, so I jumped at the opportunity. Though it meant squeezing everything that I was supposed to do in 5 working days into 3.5 days. And also collating information about all […]

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