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Angkor, Cambodia

Posted on August 9, 2015October 10, 2022 by Saran Shanmugam

Angkor – Land of Dharmic Faiths and Khmer Architecture, which borrows some of the architectural practices from the South Indian

My Cricket Mission to Jamaica

Posted on August 9, 2015January 22, 2018 by Saran Shanmugam

I always have a fondness to Jamaica as it is part of the West Indies cricket. I still mourn the decline

Montreal, Canada

Posted on August 9, 2015August 9, 2015 by Hema Saran

We had decided this year we had to go out of US for our holiday. So we thought of Montreal

Wat Chalong, phuket - Most important Buddhist temple in Phuket

Thailand – The Time I felt like a Sage

Posted on August 8, 2015January 14, 2018 by Saran Shanmugam

In ancient Hinduism, a man’s life is divided into 4 stages – 1. Brahmacharya – student stage when a man

Mexico – Part 1 – Cancun & Chichen Itza

Posted on August 8, 2015August 9, 2015 by Hema Saran

Me-hi-co was our second trip out of US and one of great anticipation. Mexico has visa on arrival for Americans

My New York – Queens

Posted on August 7, 2015October 16, 2021 by Saran Shanmugam

New York City, which I had known for 15 years now, and the land I first stepped on coming to

Project 50 States

Posted on August 7, 2015January 15, 2018 by Saran Shanmugam

A travel journey I started accidentally which became a life dream i.e. to visit the 50 states in US. The

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Posted on August 7, 2015August 9, 2015 by Hema Saran

One of our aim is to visit all the 50 states of America. I have covered half over the years

Aadi Perukku – The New Beginning

Posted on July 20, 2015October 16, 2021 by Hema Saran

The period was the 10th century and the country was the Chozha country (corresponding to the Cuddalore district of the State of Tamilnadu in India) and waterbody is the Veeranarayana lake. The occasion was Aadi 18. The above is the english translation of the opening chapter of the Tamil historical novel, Ponniyin Selvan. Aadi 18 is the occasion when the water bodies of Tamilnadu in India fill up, signifying the new beginning for the Tamilians that year. It is very apt that Kalki Krishnamurthy, the author of Ponniyin Selvan, kept it as the first chapter, Fresh Floods (Puthu Vellam – புது வெள்ளம்)