The Himalayas isolate South Asia from the rest of Asia. South of these mountains, the climate, like the terrain, is highly diverse, but some geographers give it an overall, one-word characterization–violent. What geographers have in mind is the abruptness of change and the intensity of effect when change occurs–the onset of the monsoon rains, sudden flooding, rapid erosion, extremes of temperature, tropical storms, and unpredictable fluctuations in rainfall. Broadly speaking, agriculture in India is constantly challenged by weather uncertainty.
With its 5000 years of history and more than 500 kingdoms that flourished under various dynasties, India has much to offer to tourists who love history, archeology, and historical monuments. There is an endless list of World Heritages sites, well-known places, less known places, and places yet to be explored by tourists. Read the rest of this entry
Indians enjoy festivals. The five hundred or so many erstwhile kingdoms have given rise to a range of festivals from the most solemn to the most colorful. Seeing some of them will be a rare experience. If possible you should include at least one festival in your travel itinerary. Read the rest of this entry
Train Travel in India: A Profile
Train travel offers a great way to see the widest possible region of India within the shortest period of time. India has such an extensive network of railways that you can see practically the whole of India in this way, except the Himalayas. Read the rest of this entry
India (Bharat), in Hindi, is the world’s largest democracy, and is home to the descendants of the world’s oldest civilization, the Indus Valley civilization and with “arguably” world’s oldest language – Sanskrit. It is a country showing many contrasting shades in every aspect of life. Right from snake charmers to farmers to high-tech engineers there is oppulence of variations. If in one part rice is staple diet than a few thousand miles away, it might be wheat bread. If there is desert in the west then the world’s rainiest place lies in the east. The country has rich natural resources, a civilized history, and now acclimatizing to the growing technology. To know about this country for traveller, let us divide it into 5 regions and throw some insight about each region. If on one side we have snow clad mountains, to the other there is a hot desert and if on one side we have the mountain ranges then we have coastal plains too. Read the rest of this entry
By Nakul Jain
Health Tourism is a concept where a patient travels to another country for medical treatment in order to save costs, or get treatment faster or even to avail of better medical facilities. Most patients from countries like USA and UK travel to developing countries such as India for treatment because India offers some of te cheapest pricing options of treatment, offers a good holiday, there are no waiting lists or queues to stand in, the doctors are comparable to anyone in the world and finally, language does not pose a problem as most people speak English. Read the rest of this entry
You can see a lot of a place without really seeing anything, or see very little of it and still see a great deal. This was brought forcibly home to me by a recent trip to India. I spent just over a week in Rajasthan, travelling, living cheaply, seeing things that tourists see. One face of India. The second half of my stay was spent in and around Delhi to see two of my friends (both Indian) get married. Suddenly, I was face to face with (one part of) the real India, not a posed photo, not a cardboard cut out for the foreigner, not an image from years ago. For the first time I felt myself in a fundamentally different place. Read the rest of this entry
