Ratikara

Planning your own family party is not as easy as it sounds. Some want a quiet corner to sit and chat, some need a place for the kids to run around, and one person (usually the oldest member of the family) just wants proper food and a comfortable chair. Hotels often fail to give everyone […]

September is a strange month for travel in India. The heavy rains of July and August start settling down, but the crowds haven’t fully returned yet. Hill stations are green like never before, rivers are full, and hotel prices are still gentle on the pocket. If you ask me, this is the most underrated window […]

Top Peaceful Weekend Getaways for Couples in September. I’ll be honest – September never used to be on my travel list. It always felt like the “in-between” month. Not quite monsoon, not quite winter. But last year, a friend dragged me on a trip in this exact month, and I came back thinking, why does […]

Every year when Shravan month comes near the end, I start getting that same feeling – packing bags, checking train tickets, and thinking where to go this Janmashtami. In 2026, Krishna Janmashtami falls on Friday, 4 September, and honestly, this festival is not like other festivals where you just sit at home and do puja. […]

Every year around Raksha Bandhan, the same thing happens in most houses. Sisters go shopping for rakhis, brothers go shopping for gifts, and by the evening everyone is sitting with mithai boxes and wrapping paper, taking photos for the family group. It’s nice, honestly. But somewhere after a few years, it starts feeling a bit… […]

I still remember the shit show that was my first solo adventure. I had packed half a dozen plastic bottles, three shampoo sachets which I never used, and an entire bag of “just in case” items that went directly into some random railway station dustbin. I made a few more trips (and felt a lot […]