Category: India 2026

Madras/Chennai, the same and different.  Since I first visited and lived in Madras many years ago It has actually changed less than other parts of India. The sidewalk shops and… Read more »

In our recent travels together, Bill remarked a number of times as we drove through city streets that it was impossible to capture in words the sense of life and… Read more »

Before I began considering a trip to NE India, I had not heard of Guwahati, whose suburb contains Dispur, the official capital city of the State of Assam.  Guwahati seemed… Read more »

The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve is best known for its one-horned white rhinoceros.   I personally think that although we are told there are 148 tigers now within… Read more »

I had earlier remarked that I thought the grey atmosphere around Kohima might not be fog but smoke.  I was proved wrong today when after our full morning of outings… Read more »

We are now on the road out of Assam and into Nagaland, home to 17 related Naga tribes, each with their own language and customs.  We just passed our first… Read more »

Early morning in Assam, India.  The fog is lifting over the green fields of tea.  The caw of various birds is loud as the sun rises red through the slightly… Read more »

This is a very different place from Delhi,   Bill and I are traveling in our comfortable car through the very rural landscape of Arunachal Pradesh which we crossed into… Read more »

Delhi, India, always has surprises in store for the visitor.  On this trip, whose central focus for me was a legal conference I was attending in Aerocity, allowed me to… Read more »

I am beginning a 5 week trip to the country I have spent more time in and explored more parts of than any other, India. I will be one week… Read more »