Thursday, April 7, 2016

Don't Cry for me Nainital.....

The pristine cradle that was once Nainital is a now a fuliginous, concrete- lathered, labyrinth of hovels and hotels. The quaint and dignified Naina Devi Temple is dwarfed by the warty excrescence of a mosque rearing its toxic minaret above the Flats. The once emerald waters of the lake are reduced to a dirty sewage filled puddle. Cars, cars, cars....




See it in HD, if your band-with permits, please ignore the background sounds of winds buffeting the carriage, people talking and a phlegmatic cough.

Friday, April 1, 2016

Around Mukteshwar

The long and winding road


Dark and mysterious valley
Neglected brass plaque identifying Himalayan peaks
View from PWD Rest House (where Jim Corbett stayed)
Panoramic View from PWD Guest House, Mukteshwar