Come Navratri festival, Garba, and Dandiya Raas – the traditional Gujarati festivities are the place to head for. They are now popular crowd pullers well beyond Gujarat, across the cities in India, and even abroad where Gujaratis live. The traditional dance in colorful attire with people dancing to popular Garba songs or Dandiya songs is […]

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2019 ended with a bang at Mandu Festival. The last week of the year is special, most people are in holiday mode. The winters in North India help you to get in a laid-back mode while enjoying rich food and hot tea. I was missing winters in hot and humid Goa, so I jumped on […]

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Visit Sharjah Light Festival - a festival that is celebrated across the emirate of Sharjah in United Arab Emirates through various light installations and laser shows.

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Panaji Viva Carnival is a parade of floats that customarily begins with this float with King Momo declaring that in his reign people should just eat, drink and be merry. Going through the tree-lined streets of Panaji this float looks beautiful but kind of raises the hopes for what would follow this float. Did they […]

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Come the third week of June and the Goans are ready to jump in the well – literally. No, they are not doing it for the wrong reasons. But to fish out the gifts hidden there on the occasion of Sao Joao. The Sao Joao festival celebrates the feast of St John the Baptist. The […]

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I was in Chandigarh last week to participate in the CII Tourism Fest 2013 which was being held in the city for the first time. To me, it was an opportunity to interact with the travel trade in the Northern part of the country. To meet new people who make the world travel and to […]

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‘Colors of 1Malaysia’ is an annual cultural extravaganza in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. Last month when I got an invite from Tourism Malaysia to attend this festival, I had no idea what to expect. I was told that it is similar to our Republic Day Parade but far more colorful. I rushed […]

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This was my first visit to Malaysia. and the first international speaking engagement. This year seems to be a speaking year for me, have been getting invites to speak regularly. I was thrilled and excited about this trip for more than one reason. The primary reason for going was the Malaysia International Travel Bloggers Conference […]

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IITM Bangalore or India International Travel Mart has organized a 3-day travel and tourism fair at Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. I had been to another travel and tourism fair about 2 years back. Though I am not sure if that was also organized by IITM Bangalore or not. Travel & Tourism Fair Two years back, […]

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