A trip to India is always incomplete without a visit to the state of Rajasthan. Complete with royal palaces and extensive forts, this desert state boasts of India’s glorious past, dotted with the legacies of the Rajput kings. Situated in the heart of the Thar Desert on top of the Trikuta hill, lies a jewel of the crown of Rajasthan – the Jaisalmer Fort. Read More...»

Kolkata was not always the urban centre that it is now. The city of Calcutta, as it was previously known, was formed out of the three villages of Gobindapur, Sutanuti and Kalikata after the Battle of Plassey in 1757, which established the dominance of English as a colonial power in the state of Bengal. Read More...»

Tucked away in the far corners of the Garhwal ranges of the Himalayas in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Auli is a small skiing destination that gets lost amidst the popularity of its other Himalayan counterparts. Auli emerged as a tourist destination only recently, after the larger state of Uttar Pradesh was divided into Uttarakhand and present-day Uttar Pradesh in 2000. Read More...»