The Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP) stretches over 1,440 square kilometers in the north-east extreme of Uganda, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. It is characterized by seemingly endless arid and semi-arid rolling plains, intersected by hills, rocky outcrops, ridges and mountain ranges. The national park…
The Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP) is a prime African wilderness, extremely remote and difficult to get to. It is a vast, rugged, wild and magnificent expanse of savannah, literally untouched by outside world. In 2013, it was listed in the top ten choices of…
The Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP) is a prime African wilderness, extremely remote and difficult to get to. It is a vast, rugged, wild and magnificent expanse, literally untouched by outside world. In 2013, it was listed in the top ten choices of national parks…
I spent over an hour gazing at a group of 25 Giraffes in the Narus Valley, during an early morning Game Drive, deep into the park. The Narus Valley is a part of the expansive Kidepo Valley National Park in extreme north-east of Uganda, bordering…
In a previous post, I had written on the iconic riverfront of the Ganges in Varanasi. In this one, I invite you to join me on a journey into the ancient, labyrinthine area that lies just behind the riverfront – deep into the heart of…
“Banaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together”, wrote Mark Twain, during a visit to the city in 1895. And he couldn’t have said it better. Cradled by River Ganges,…
The study or religion and the study of art reveal a strong relationship between the two and in Hinduism this relationship is as strong as it is comprehensive, rich and enduring. Art has always been an integral part of Hinduism in terms of a profusion…
Children’s literature always has this effect of clearing and refreshing my mind, opening it up for subsequent expansion. Minnie, my daughter was then 6 years old and going to the American International School in Dhaka. Ananya (my wife) would visit the school library and together with…
While searching for a rendition of “Tumi Robe Nirobe” (Silently shall thou dwell), I came across this outstanding video of this exquisite composition, sung by a young artist I had not heard of earlier. Gifted with a melodious, tenor voice (with a slight tremor, which…
The second monsoon has hit Uganda and temperatures have suddenly plummeted. I can’t describe how pleasant and beautiful it is. The early mornings in particular have this unusual translucent quality and the nights are deep and still, broken only by the occasional waft of the…
In many of Tagore’s songs and poems on nature, we find an intense yearning for the distant – for something inexplicable and otherworldly; for something or someone, far away in space and time. Some of these songs and poems convey a sense of restlessness and…
A mental transformation: Anything said about India is true, just as the exact opposite is also equally true. Just as we find extreme material ugliness in India, we encounter staggering material beauty co-existing side by side. What has always intrigued me about my country is…