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The land of sand and forts, the land of history and architecture, the land of valour and large-heartedness – Rajasthan. The jewel of India, the land with history seeped in every stone. I had the pleasure of visiting this awesome magical state last month. Of course this wasn’t my first visit and neither my last, hopefully. Having covered the mandatory Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Mount Abu in our earlier visits, this time family and me decided to visit the relatively lesser known places. Strictly speaking of course, Ranthambore and Bundi are not quite that unknown, particularly among foreign tourists, but these are not your typical touristy places. A breathtakingly beautiful Jaisalmer was also thrown in into the itinerary, as how could one miss the world famous “Sonar Kella”? Days of research on the net and studying railway time-tables later, we were ready with a five-place tour itinerary, starting December 16, 2017. Here I present the first of the series of my Rajasthan travel accou...

There exists a unique tribe of people on this earth: an intellectually superior, culturally advanced, politically enlightened tribe of people, who go by the name of “Bengali”. If you don’t believe me, just speak to any person from the aforementioned tribe, and you will get a point-to-point analysis on why Bengalis are head and shoulders above any other community, Indian or otherwise. To say we are proud of our culture and “bangaliana” would be something of an understatement. The true-blue Bengali wears his pride on his sleeve, and shares a general condescending attitude towards people who don’t belong to his tribe, the “Obangali” (all non-Bengalis). Know what guys? Even among the Bengali tribe, there are some classic stereotypes. Read on to find out….. J The “Aantel Bangali”: Well this category covers almost every educated, genteel Bong walking on the face of the earth, irrespective of whether he/she stays in Kolkata or not. Anyone from Manchester to Sh...