Articles [Travel, Tourism & Places]

The United Arab Emirates is a union of 9 Sheikhdoms to form a single state. One of the member states is Dubai which is presently ruled by the Maktoum family. The present ruler is His highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid. The UAE follows a watered...

Till the sixties of the last century Abu Dhabi was a barren piece of land on the edge of the great Arabian Desert. The discovery of oil changed all that and now Abu Dhabi is one of the countries in the world with the highest per capita income. This...

As the Executive director in charge of infrastructure of a large American company in the UAE and covering the Southern Middle East and Kabul, I have been privileged to visit some places where many others cannot go. One of these places which I...

India is home to the tallest mountain range in the world, the Himalayas.  in the lower reaches of these mighty mountains are a string of hill stations. These were all created by the British for their own comfort, but now are a source of great...

Char dham means four abodes of Hindu deities. Char in Hindi means four and dham means home. Char dham yatra is a religious tour carried out by Hindus. It is highly sacred to them. They believe that this yatra help them to wash away their past sins....

Beauty of Kashmir is breathtaking and thus this valley is rightly described as paradise on earth. Carpets of saffron resembling lotus petals are spread as far as eye can see. Magnificent sweeps of forested hills is magnified with long stretching...

Located in culturally important Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, Alang today is known worldwide for ship dismantling. It is world's largest ship dismantling yard. Almost half of world's ships sail here for disposal. Gujarat itself is favorite among...

Tamil Nadu is an ideal destination to become very religious, and to worship God in a very peaceful atmosphere.  Better still, it does not take a huge amount of money to visit various temples, and with a little bit of planning, it is indeed...

There is a famous old saying "Gar firdaus, ruhe zamin ast, hamin asto, hamin asto, hamin ast." meaning  " If there is ever a heaven on earth, it's here, it's here , it's here" said the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in the seventeenth century.Since...

Irrespective of where we live, we are all social animals.  We long to have long lasting relationship with others and are always wondering how to keep and maintain such relationships.  In families that are used to living in different...