Celebrating Women – A Montage of Travel Souvenirs!
During my decades-long travels, whenever and wherever I came across exhibitions, museums, events, or memorials celebrating women, I acquired a piece of memento for my collection. Eventually, I built a…
Charlie Chaplin house in Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin, one of the most powerful protagonists in world cinema spent the last 25 years of his life in Vevey Switzerland, one of the pearls of the beautiful Swiss…
Movies Set in Europe to Spark your Wanderlust
Movies have always been my passport when I can’t travel. The best part is, through movies set in different countries, we can all travel without visas, tickets and travel passes…
A fleeting witness of weddings!
In this age, when our lives are changing fast and the overwhelming powers of technology are stirring every aspect of our living, I often think about the cardinal values in…
A musical evening with San Francisco Symphony!
In today’s era when technology refutes geographical distance, music helps me to cross the distance within. Music connects me to my inner self. I love spending my evenings sometimes filled…
Pop Art of Andy Warhol at SFMOMA
In this social media and digital era, our minds are increasingly getting saturated with images and videos in different forms. Manipulation, reproduction, and distribution of images and videos can be…
The charm of Gwalior, India – The home to world’s second oldest zero!
India is one of the greatest players in history. All human pasts are still alive in this piece of land. A five thousand year epic continues till today. It’s people,…
Ballads in Ballet – A rhythmic evening in San Francisco!
The rain was pouring incessantly on the sweet Saturday evening while I was inside the beautiful auditorium of the San Francisco Ballet and was reveling in the flow of music,…
Stories in Light by Bruce Munro – Art that blooms at night!
The Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California, gifted me a lyrical evening where the main protagonist was light. I got to experience a unique blend of imagination and craft, art…
Bouquets To Art – When art blooms in San Francisco!
Welcome to a world where the beauty of art and nature come together in full bloom! In the heart of San Francisco, the enchanting Bouquets to Art exhibition at the…
Old People’s Home – Art that touches your soul!
Any art form, irrespective of the medium used, if it moves you, shakes you at your core then undoubtedly that piece of art is a winner. Art is something that knocks…
Mothers Imagined – A photo essay!
Mother is not just a word, but a feeling. It has a profound influence on our lives, not from the day we were born, but from the time we were…
Beautiful paintings in the Louvre, Paris – world’s largest museum!
The Louvre is the world’s largest museum. It is located in the city of love, Paris, which is of course the capital of France! It has 35,000 objects on display…
Christmas market in Strasbourg, France – the oldest and biggest in Europe!
Whenever the calendar marks the start of December in a year, my mind and heart automatically switch to a festive mood. Twinkling lights all around, big Christmas trees and discounts…
Death and Life – The famous painting by Gustav Klimt in Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
The epitome of truth is death. Our all anxieties, insecurities in life, desires, failures all come to a halt with death. We may philosophize or fantasize death, but there is…
Conquering the darkness – Geneva Festival Fireworks in Switzerland!
Imagine a still dark night, you, a candle and solitude! Did you realize the solitude too was melting along with the candle? Did you notice that when you were focussing…
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in Louvre, Paris – The portrait with an enigmatic smile!
She has that kind of beauty which may give peace to our eyes, but not to our mind, I thought, while seeing Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in…
The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, Denmark!
It was a perfect day to explore Copenhagen in Denmark and visit its symbol – the Little Mermaid statue! The sun was shining bright and had spread a crimson glow…
Experience Spanish Folk music and dance – Flamenco!
Exactly a year before on a beautiful evening of 10th Aug, I celebrated my marriage anniversary with Spanish Folk music and dance – Flamenco!. A musical evening that shines bright in…
Dance is a life force. Explore Sensuous Belly Dance in Turkey, Flamenco in Spain, Kathak in India and Folk dance in Norway!
I believe dance is a hidden language of the soul. When word fails, music, song and dance fulfills the silence. In this era where our brain consumes loads of information on…
A Melodious Morning in Bergen, Norway
It was a quiet holiday morning in a small town surrounded by lush green mountains on one side and a beautiful lake on the other. I was taking a stroll…
Nudity – Is it Shocking or just Real?
Coming from a completely different culture where we hardly talk openly about “nudity”, the exhibition of Helmut Newton’s photographs at Fotografiska, one of the largest photography museums in the world…
