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By: Asha Seth September 21, 2020July 12, 2022

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Sunset in Meerut: A Memory

By: Asha Seth June 8, 2020June 16, 2022

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Type: Landscape Photography Location: Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India Date: December 2019 Camera: Canon EOS 200D Hope you enjoy my India Travel Photography. Do share your thoughts in comments below. ~~~~~ For more travel photography, ~~~~~ All photos are copyright Asha Seth. Unauthorised use and/or reproduction without permission is unethical and prohibited. ~~~~~ © Asha Seth Never…

The Beautiful Ooty Lake: A Memory

Type: Landscape PhotographyLocation: Ooty, IndiaDate: June 2019Camera: Canon EOS 200D I love to travel, and whatever little free time I find from my advertising life, I devote it to travelling around the country. Travel gives me ample opportunity to explore my other hobby and that is photography. The photo above is that of the Ooty…

Happy 71st Republic Day, India

By: Asha Seth January 26, 2020June 14, 2021

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Though India became a free nation on August 15, 1947, it declared itself a Sovereign, Democratic and Republic state with the adoption of the Constitution on January 26, 1950. A salute of 21 guns and the unfurling of the Indian National Flag by Dr. Rajendra Prasad heralded the historic birth of the Indian Republic on…

Why do we fly kites on Makar Sankranti?

For years, I wondered why do we fly kites on Makar Sankranti. Surprisingly, I wasn’t alone. Very many who partake in the activity and celebrate kite flying with much competitive gusto also seemed to be lost on the ‘why’ of it. So then what is Makar Sankranti and why do we fly kites on this…

Nine Lives: Book Review by Asha Seth

Author: William Dalrymple| Genre: Non-Fiction | Pages: 275 Synopsis In portraits of people we might otherwise never know William Dalrymple distills his twenty-five years of travel in India to explore the challenges faced by practitioners of traditional forms of faith in contemporary India. For two months a year, a man in Kerala divides his time between jobs as…

The Blind Date – A Short Story

“That’s enough! I quit,” and I stormed out of my manager’s office. I was done taking blames for things I’d never done, or rather for what others had done. “Don’t take shit, ever,” dad had always said. Once again, more than anything, it was father’s perpetual absence that nipped me at every point in life.…

Kohinoor: The History of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond: An Excerpt

By: Asha Seth October 31, 2018January 29, 2022

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On 16 May, after fifty-seven catastrophic days in Delhi, Nader Shah finally left the city, carrying with him the accumulated wealth of eight generations of imperial Mughal conquest. The greatest of all his winnings was the Peacock Throne, in which was still embedded both the Koh-i-Noor and the Timur Ruby. The loot was loaded on…

Kohinoor: The Story of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond – An Excerpt

By: Asha Seth May 8, 2018January 29, 2022

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Lena Login watched as an emissary from the Tower of London, escorted by yeoman warders, entered the drawing room. He carried a small casket in his hands, which the queen opened delicately. She showed the open box to Albert and together they walked over to where Duleep stood on the dais. Looking up at him,…

Delhi: An Excerpt

By: Asha Seth November 27, 2017March 16, 2023

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That leaves the Sikh journalist and the political expert. They are not getting along too well. The Sikh journalist arrives first, plucks a hair from his sparse beard and says ‘You are back! When?’ and orders coffee. The politician follows: ‘I thought all goondas have been rounded up,’ he says in lieu of greeting. The…

The Four Patriots: Book Review by Asha Seth

By: Asha Seth November 4, 2017November 10, 2020

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Well, the blurb for this book read – If you have ever fallen victim to the system, been humiliated, felt helpless… this book is for you. For a common man, it is hard to deny that fact. Everyone, at some point, has accounted the governing parties of the nation for shortcomings or downfalls, and incompetence or negligence…