On a winter evening of December 2018, i visited a place called ‘Me Time Art Cafe’ located at Bandra. My craving for a ‘Coffee’ in a chilling weather and the word ‘Art’ finely inscribed on the signboard were enticing reasons to get drawn inside the venue. The cafe entrance was carrying a festive mood with Christmas decorations in optimal glory. […]
The island city of Mumbai (previously called as Bombay) has over hundred churches safeguarding the strong religious culture and history of our society. Some churches were raised during the Portuguese era between sixteenth and seventeenth century. And when the Britishers took over from the Portuguese in the later half of seventeenth century, a number of churches were commissioned during their […]
The last time I used a letter box was about 15 years ago. My father had asked me to drop an envelope inside a red colored postal box located close to our house. In my childhood during eighties, I use to see a postman visiting our area almost daily. A postman’s job was to physically visit a place to deliver […]
Camp Nou is the largest football stadium in Europe with a seating of 99,354. ‘Camp Nou’ used by the Catalan people means ‘New Field’ in English. The home stadium of FC Barcelona club was inaugurated in 1957. Originally the stadium was named ‘Estadi del FC Barcelona’ but later changed to ‘Camp Nou’ through a fan poll. Unlike other stadiums, the […]
The Palace of Versailles in Paris is a symbol of beauty, elegance and luxury. Situated to the west of the Palace are the Gardens of Versailles (Chateau De Versailles in french). The Versailles garden spreads over eight hundred hectares of land. Immaculately designed, the garden encloses incredible sites that add to the splendour of Versailles. These include, the Orangery, the Grand Canal, […]
During our visit to Paris in 2017, we went to the Louvre Museum to take a selfie with Mona Lisa! On an official trip to Paris, a group of seven of us sat together during morning breakfast and planned an itinerary on how we should spend our free day. It was a three day trip and we had limited time […]
On our official trip to Paris in may 2017, I along with a group of six other colleagues decided to take a boat ride on the seine river. This was our first visit to the Eiffel Tower or ‘Tour Eiffel’ in french. Named after Gustave Eiffel, the wrought iron lattice tower is on the Champs de Mars, Paris.
When you are cycling in crowded urban cities it becomes essential to observe few safety measures. Cycling in urban congested cities like Mumbai and Delhi which are largely dominated by cars is quite challenging. Therefore, use of essential safety gear by all cyclist is highly advisable.
On 9th of December 2018, I attended a cycling rally organised to create awareness for diabetes amongst the public in general. It was the third edition of cycle rally for diabetes. More than twelve hundred cyclists arrived to attend the event at Kala Ghoda, Fort Mumbai. Total distance was 13.8 kms, from Kala Ghoda in Fort to Suryavanshi Hall at […]
“Visiting a cycling fest is a BEGINNING, Buying a new cycle is PROGRESS, Riding a cycle is SUCCESS” Overview of my walking tour at the India Cycling Festival 2018 (ICF): (7th to 9th Dec’18, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai) The second season of ‘India Cycling Festival’ returned again with a bang! Organized at an enormous scale in terms of product offerings and […]
