Attari border shows Only in this part of the world is the mundane everyday routine elevated to a grand spectator sport! At every other land border crossing anywhere else in the world, the gates are closed without a whimper and the officials go home at the proscribed time and the sunsets peacefully. But here, at the one border crossing between these two national rivals of India and Pakistan, it is an event that has pasted beyond strange into the realms of ...

Amritsar and its GoldenTemple The Sikhs' beating heart is here. The GoldenTemple is a temple that seems to sit in a pool of sacred nectar called amrit, giving the city its name. The GoldenTemple floats elegantly in the middle of this pool connected to the mainland by the bridge of gurus. Every morning the sacred book, the Guru Granth Sahib (a holy book equivalent) is brought out at 04h30 with much fanfare and care and every evening at 22h15, it is returned to it...

The seething, heaving mass of people called Delhi is that capital of this hugely cosmopolitan land. Here about 15million people call home. Home could be a patch of pavement you find yourself on at day's end. Or it could be a mansion of extraordinary extravagance where your every care is taken care of. Every manner of housing is here from plastic sheet hovels and tin sided shanties to brand new sky reaching apartment blocks for India's nouveau rich is catered for....

Sublime. Simply sublime. There is no better way to describe the Taj Mahal. This is one man's vision of love to his immortal beloved and you cannot help but immerse yourself in its magnificence too. When you find yourself looking at it, near or far, you can't help but marvel at its……at its……at its….. You can't really describe what it is that attracts your eyes to it. You cannot help but let your eyes roam over it. It is almost as if you are feeling it; ...

Before getting here, an old friend (Ed: not in age) reminded us that Agra is short for…..any guesses?.....aggravating! Here is the home of India's most famous icon - the Taj Mahal. But is also home to alleyways full of India's other famous icon - the salesman. In India, nothing EVER comes for free. Nothing! Since the Taj needed 20 000 people to construct it over its 30 odd year construction phase, the craftsmen all lived in a small little enclave called Taj G...