Archive for the 'Travel' Category

A holiday among cashew shrubs

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Pulkit Vasudha
A rustic fishermen’s hamlet speckled with cashew shrubs, palm trees fringing the horizon, brown sands  dotted with seagulls, and a blue sea yet undiscovered by weekend beach seekers.
“Near Chennai? Impossible,” I said, when told about it. The adventure tour company assured me it  wasn’t a marketing gimmick.
It wasn’t. Katupalli Islands, 40 kilometres north of [...]

Tajpur renews link with the Uprising, but fails to rise on development index

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha
Tajpur (Ahmedabad), July 9: FOR six years now, Tajpur village has been commemorating the 1857 mutiny through a programme attended by [...]

One RTO battles 30 lakh vehicles in Ahmedabad

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Pulkit Vasudha
Ahmedabad, Jul 6: Major discrepancies have come up in regard to the condition of the regional transport offices (RTOs) in the state.

In December 2005, Bangalore had almost 23 lakh vehicles on its roads, with 10 regional transport officers and 217 technical inspectors. In comparison, today, Ahmedabad has almost 30 lakh vehicles, with only one [...]