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A Morning in Aberdeen, Hong Kong | Raaja Bhasin | China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
A morning mist was still floating over the waves as we climbed into the boat and sat down. It was well on its way when we realised that the boatman was a lady and by her side, a steamer was at work
A Trail of Mountain Paintings | Raaja Bhasin
The Indian tradition of painting goes back to the dark caves of Ajanta on the west coast
An Introduction to Himachal Pradesh | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
Arguably the world’s grandest mountain system, the Himalayas rest on India's brow and have given the state of Himachal Pradesh the core of its character
Clarity through Meditation | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra
In various centres all over the world, Vipassana meditation is taught at residential courses - several prisons and correctional facilities from around world that also offer Vipassana to the inmates and staff and the benefits are said to have been substantial
Criss-Crossing Around Chindi | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
If one can get past the initial shock and irritation, there is nothing as wonderful as having an eccentric for a guide
Dewdrops over the Mountains | Raaja Bhasin
From Kipling’s ‘world within a world’, we were over the ragged rock of the Kunzam pass and in the vast arid spaces of Lahaul that seemed to have been pulled out of a painting by Dali
Following the Trail of Mountain Paintings: an Itinerary | Raaja Bhasin
One miniature shows a street with a row of shops, each about the size of a thumbnail, each delicately depciting wares and human figures. Most have been finished with a brush that held a single hair
My Castle for your Rifle | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Kullu
Just short of a carbine in his cabinet, the major had the keep exhaustively renovated. Fireplaces, chimneys and staircases arrived and the Naggar castle emerged as a unique amalgam of indigenous architecture and English country seat
Nepal's Cities of Art - Patan and Bhaktapur | Raaja Bhasin | Nepal, Kathmandu, Patan
Diverse architectural styles and materials have created something of a buffet fare that has half a dozen different cuisines lined side by side
On the Road to the Border | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
A full century after these words were written one can still draw on what Kipling wrote in ‘Kim’, “We came and came by such and such a way! … These are the true Hills! … Never were such hills!”
Rudyard Kipling's Shimla | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Many sites that Kipling carried into the bitter-sweet pages of Plain Tales from the Hills and those casually flicked into Kim live on in today’s Shimla
Spires across the Hills | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Christ Church tells the story of a part of the town’s rich history – and pews still mark the seats of the Viceroy, the Commander-in-Chief and the Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab
The Kullu Dussehra | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Kullu
The festival commemorates the victory of Lord Ram over the demon king Ravana and has come to symbolise the triumph of good over evil in Indian tradition
The Monasteries of Spiti | Raaja Bhasin
With freckles of green over a dry, weather-beaten face, Spiti is a cold desert where the monsoon rain never comes
The Paintings of Dada Siba | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Dada Siba
Surrounded by lush fields and mango groves and bordered by the waters of the Maharana Pratap Sagar, today’s village of Dada Siba may be unimpressive at first glance - and yet it holds a rare marvel
The Story of the Kalka Shimla Railway Line | Raaja Bhasin | India, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
Bhalku claimed that the path the line should take had been revealed to him by his devta, a deity who communicated with him through his lice. Trailed by the engineers, he would march with a tall staff over the hills...
Vestiges of Human Sacrifice | Raaja Bhasin
This man sits strapped to a wooden saddle which is suspended by a wooden pulley on a long grass rope. He is the sacrifice, the bheda, which is also his caste