TRAVEL TALES of ranaruby

On the Wheel/Ajanta and Ellora:A Guest Post by Debasis Roy

2026-03-21T15:40:00.002+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A WORD ON DEBASIS ROY It’s always a treat to see a destination through a fresh pair of eyes—especially when those eyes belong to someone who lives for the open road as much as I do. Today, I am thrilled to hand over the

SEVILLE MUTTON STEW RECIPE CARD

2026-03-19T14:48:28.988+05:30

SPANISH LAMB STEWView Recipe Details Ruby's Kitchen: Seville Series 🖨️ Print Spanish Stew Recipe 🇪🇸🍷🥘 Seville Mutton Stew A rich, slow-cooked Andalusian estofado. Adapted from the Spanish Cordero stew, using mutton for its deep flavor, balanced by smoked paprika and red wine.

Munich-MUNCHEN, THE ROMANTIC BAVARIAN CAPITAL

2026-02-11T15:09:00.083+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); München - the Romantic Bavarian Capital -"From the Autobahn to the Altstadt: A Journey Through Munich’s History and Culture"First Encounter with the AutobahnMy first encounter with Bundesautobahn, popularly known as Autobahn, began in the new

AUTUMN OF 2025 : Trysts with two famous bards

2025-12-30T20:24:00.077+05:30

Autumn of 2025—trysts with two famous bards (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bob & WilliamOctober and November 2025 brought some memorable moments in my life. Post Durga Puja, we were at our son’s place in Nottingham. There we experienced two lifetime journeys, both fortunately and coincidentally connected with famous litterateurs

Bakewell - Old Charm and Pudding

2025-12-09T19:13:00.017+05:30

Bakewell—old charm and pudding (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Moorlands in the English countryside always bring back to my memory Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights.’ There, she vividly described the nineteenth-century Yorkshire moorland as open, wild, and exposed, with untamed wind force and brooding character. The neighbouring Derbyshire

DERBY

2025-11-12T17:59:00.007+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); DERBY – the entrance to the stunning Peak DistrictAs far as I could recollect, I first heard of the word ‘derby’ in connection with horse racing contests. That was quite a way back, perhaps during my college days in Calcutta, when at local tea stall 'addas', small groups of people

Lunch at the George Inn of Hathersage

2025-11-03T16:58:00.005+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The George (Inn of Hathersage)Hathersage is about ten 9miles from Sheffield in England. Situated strategically in the Peak District National Park, this small, picturesque village offers much more than initially expected—something we only realised when our son Arjun took us to The George

Wazwan: Authentic Kashmiri Recipes for Rogan Josh & Rista

2025-08-02T14:41:00.042+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Kashmiri Mutton Rogan Josh | Ruby's Kitchen { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Recipe", ... } Kashmiri Mutton Rogan Josh | Ruby's Kitchen { "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "Recipe", "name": "Kashmiri Mutton

Seville

2025-05-17T12:55:00.044+05:30

SevillaSeville After living up to some wonderful moments at Granada, the birthplace of the renowned Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, we decided to further our coadventure through the heartland of the southern Iberian Peninsula, composed of lowlands, mountains and valleys. You’ve got it right. To arrive at Seville, we traversed the fascinating Spanish heartland. The

Four Beautiful Towns of France & Germany----a photo essay

2025-03-04T21:00:00.025+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Four lovely neighbours of HeidelbergA pictorial journey Wyssembourg, France Wyssembourg is a small town in France. It is on the border with Germany and not far from Heidelberg, Germany's university town. We had taken a train that touched Mannheim and Landau on the way. When the train pulled up

Great Tastes - Pineapple Crab

2024-10-08T21:26:00.013+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); From Ruby's Kitchen-Tropical Fusion: Authentic Pineapple Crab Boat Recipe from Ruby's KitchenPineapple CrabPineapple crab with riceRecipe & Method of PreparationIngredients for Crab (dressed) – 500 gOnion Paste – 2 tbspGarlic paste - 1 tbspGinger Paste – 1 tbspGreen chilli paste (deseeded) 6 pcsTomato paste (deseeded):

Granada

2024-08-26T16:35:00.018+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Granada - Andalusian SpainThe bus journey from Madrid to Andalusia was strangely inviting. Andalusia is the southernmost part of Spain, also known as the Iberian Peninsula. The bosky landscape around was wild and cultivated. Cultivated with fleeting patches of olive orchards, which at some places spread

Florence

2022-07-01T20:39:00.039+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Florence – the capital of the Tuscany region and the cradle of Renaissance We opted for FlixBus while travelling from Venice to Florence. The road journey takes about three and a half-hour. In Florence, it terminates at the rear end of Santa Maria Novella (SMN) train station. One of Italy’s busiest

Pisa

2022-03-07T20:16:00.017+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Pisa - the Leaning TowerThere are several trains from Florence to Pisa Centrale. We took the morning train. We were at Pisa Centrale station in a little more than an hour. Pisa station is one of the major railway junctions of Tuscany. An old station, which opened in 1871, has a beautiful exterior. We boarded a bus

Durga Puja in Stuttgart, Germany

2021-12-06T18:28:00.004+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Durga Puja in Germany – from Calcutta to StuttgartCalcutta, IndiaOnly after marriage did I take interest and started delving more deeply into the insights of the timeless social phenomenon of 'The Generation Gap'. My wife belongs to a family who hails from Choto Kalia in Bangladesh.

Madrid 2

2021-09-24T13:20:00.007+05:30

MADRID 2 – the Mecca of bullfightingby Biswajit Sengupta (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Images of Spain gravitate around football, bullfights, and flamenco. On the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America, football remains the most popular spectator sport, followed by bullfighting even despite movements by some sections to ban it.

A Drop of Calm

2021-09-04T14:18:00.004+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); L'Oasis De L'ile at Quebecby Madhumita Chakola We were weary; we were tired. Long hours at work, hunched at the desk with minimal social interaction was taking a heavy toll on us. We needed a vacation oh so badly. Earlier in the year, with the lockdowns and stay-at-home restrictions, we had thought a ‘

MADRID - 1

2021-08-19T16:44:00.008+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Madrid—the Royal Spanish Capitalandbut she is impeccable as a hostess. Unfortunately, we could not meet her during our visit to Madrid. But she made it a point to coordinate our visit and stay through her WhatsApp handles. After receiving our arrival details, she sent a carefully worded text that included directions to the

Fishy Affair

2021-07-26T16:30:00.026+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A Delectable Tale for Fish Loversby Rajat Sarkar, HamburgA few days back, a friend told me that the ‘fish’ in the 'Some' restaurant was good. She got to know about it from her brother. She herself is not a fish eater.I said to her, “Never say anything to a Bengali about fish and their quality.

BUDAPEST 1

2021-07-23T19:23:00.006+05:30

A YouTube presentation on Budapest (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Booking.com (function(d, sc, u) { var s = d.createElement(sc), p = d.getElementsByTagName(sc)[0]; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.async = true; s.src = u + '?

Pandemic Pandemonium

2021-07-13T13:42:00.002+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rajat Sarkar of Hamburg, Germany briefly expressed his opinion on the WhatsApp page. What impressed me is his satiric style and the crispiness in looking at a dreaded virus that has suddenly taken mankind by storm. Read on :Pandemic Pandemonium - Tracking the Virus by Rajat Sarkar Tracking the

Meet the Guru, Part III – Lighting & Biology by Professor Robert LUCAS

2021-07-04T17:24:00.005+05:30

Lighting Updates (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); LIGHTING UPDATES on non-visual effects of light. A highly interesting webinar by Prof Robert LUCAS, Department of Neuroscience, University of Manchester.Covers some very essential study on circadian entrainment, and what human-centric lighting can perform. (

Barcelona 2

2021-04-18T13:48:00.012+05:30

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); BARCELONA – La Sagrada Familia, an architectural wonderBarcelona is proud of Antoni Gaudí. It is Gaudí's city. The two seem to be almost indivisible after Gaudí delivered some architectural wonders to the city he loved. Park Güell and Sagrada Familia are two architectural masterpieces he created and gifted to his city. Although

Barcelona 1

2021-04-04T15:45:00.007+05:30

Barcelona, SPAIN A fascinating country. An engrossing history. And exotic in every sphere. The thrilling story of the Spanish Armada; the chivalric romances of the errant knight Don Quixote; the daredevilry of the brave Matadors in tackling the bulls continue to fascinate me. The Romans, the romantic Moors who ruled for almost 800 years, the swashbuckling Spaniards who demonstrated their

PORTUGAL

2020-10-15T15:51:00.017+05:30

window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-25638999-1'); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); -the land of Francesinha and Pastel de Nata Lisbon’s Santa Apolonia Train Station is the city’s oldest