fort

February 6, 2016UncategorizedArchitecture, aurangabad, battle, beauty, blogger, Blogging, contexts, fort, History, India, inspiration, instapassport, instapic, instatraveling, Love, maharashtra, monument, realtive, Travel, traveladdict, travelblogger, traveller

The Chand Minar, this is called. It reaches 210 ft and was originally covered with Persian glazed tiles.
All part of the Daulatabad fort complex. A fort that has never been taken! At the very top of this structure, there’s supposed to be a canon with an inscription “creator of storms”. Am not sure of the storm. But its a riot to the eyes and imagination. “ It draws its inspiration from the Qutub Minar’, our guide says in a hushed undertone. And I wonder why. As though the Chand Minar will feel bad when it hears this.
He is a silly wise man, I feel the Chand Minar will feel bad!
For the Chand Minar, looked at from its context is exquisite in itself. It is beautiful.
Absolutes are an opportunity to relish beauty in its full form. ‘Relative’s distort.

#Aurangabad #travel #traveller #India #Maharashtra
#India #traveladdict #travelblogger #Blogger #blogging #love #instatraveling #instapassport #instapic #fort #battle #architecture #monument #history #inspiration #beauty #realtive #contexts #beauty (at Daulatabad Fort, Daulatabad, Aurangabad)

February 4, 2016Uncategorizedbaggage, bags, eyes, fort, freedom, Goa, India, jail, journeys, neweyes, prison, Travel, travelblogger, travelblogging, traveller

We are prisoners of our minds. Of our biases. The unconscious ones especially. The trouble with those is that we think we are truly free. We don’t recognise our prison term.
Freedom comes long after recognition of the world in the prison and the truth that lies beyond.

That recognition comes from open conversation with diverse people.

It comes from cultivating friendships across the spectrum.

And of course, it comes from travel.
Do pack your bags and go somewhere. You’ll shed some baggage you didn’t remember packing.
#freedom #travel #eyes #journeys #traveller #travelblogging #travelblogger #India #Goa #fort #prison #jail #neweyes #baggage #bags # (at Aguda Fort, GOA)

September 4, 2009UncategorizedDaman, fort, History, Travel

The Gateway of the fort at Moti Daman. It sure must have seen very different days, and very different armies.

The only army that comes there these days, is the small army of ‘different’ tourists. The other large army of tourists are there in Daman for other reasons.