Greed and gluttony are two cardinal sins. It’s apparent why. But, you know, they are not that bad. I don’t know about greed, but there are so many antidotes to gluttony that it is hardly an issue – Hajmola, anar dana goli, Limca with rock salt. Technically, so long as you are eating to satiate hunger, it’s not gluttony. And, thus, you may escape hell sentence on a technicality. Sitting on the banks of Ganga, many such thoughts crossed our minds. There was the mighty…Continue Reading “What we ate on the banks of Ganges in Rishikesh”
As it happens, India’s hill stations have never been a part of the country. Culinarily speaking, that is. Mussorie has amazing Chinese food, though it serves overwhelming Punjabi cuisine too. Macleodganj is a heaven for Israeli and Italian. Shimla has fish and chips and English breakfasts. Darjeeling, many say, has the best of Tibetan food. The higher the hills, better the food. Unless, you are on a religious circuit like Kedarnath, Badrinath, you can eat interestingly diverse and good food. I avoid travelling to religious…Continue Reading “Devraj Coffee Corner a.k.a The German Bakery, Rishikesh”
If you love to travel, it’s difficult to avoid religious places, because they are always at such beautiful places. Hilltops, beaches, river banks, lake sides, close to the waterfall, by the lonely jungle trail – if you are close to natural beauty, you are never too far from a place of worship (maruti service stations can take a tip). But there is another side to it too. They are always filthy. They defeat one of the most important objectives of a vacation – to get…Continue Reading “Religious tourism and why you can never escape it”