The travelling foodie

TOP 5 delicious starters that will blow up your tastebuds

2020-06-26T10:43:00.001-07:00

Malai tikka

Malai tikka which is also known as "murg malai" is an Indian cuisine . This dish is often served or consumed along with "mint sauce" and liquor . This delicious cuisine is also a healthy option for gym rats . It helps with the muscle devlopment ,keeps our heart and bones healthy and have profound health benefits . Recipe includes

MALAI TIKKA

6 chicken breasts
2 tbsp of cream cheese
1 tbsp of ginger, peeled and chopped
3 tbsp of double cream
1 lime, juiced
1 green chilli, chopped
3 tbsp of plain yoghurt
1/2 tbsp of ginger paste
1/2 tbsp of garlic paste
1/2 tsp cardamom seeds, ground
1/2 tsp black cumin
1 tbsp of coriander stem, chopped
salt

Tangri kebab

This is an Indian cuisine while having a Persian origin . Grill and Tandoor methods are applied to cook this dish which can make any one drool with its mouth watering aroma."Tangri" in kabab depicts leg or drum sticks . Recipe for this particular feed follows as.

8 chicken drumsticks
150g of yoghurt
1 lemon, juice only
1 knob of fresh ginger, 1 inch in length
6 garlic cloves
2 tbsp of gram flour
1 tbsp of ground turmeric
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
1 tsp chaat masala
salt
1/2 tbsp of vegetable oil
Garnish with some coriander

MUTTON SEEKH KEBAB

Seekh kabab was introduced by Turks . This delicacy is prepared along lamb or mutton accompanied by other ingredients like milk , cream that are marinated before mincing them together . Recipe follows as

Mutton seekh kebab

1.1 pounds/500 grams lamb mince
1 medium-sized onion (finely chopped)
1 tablespoon garlic paste
1 tablespoon ginger paste
1/2 cup coriander (freshly chopped)
Juice of 1/2 lemon or lime
2 tablespoons fresh, unsweetened yogurt (not sour)
1 teaspoon garam masala
Optional: 2 to 3 green chilies (finely chopped)
Salt (to taste)
4 tablespoons vegetable cooking oil (for basting kebabs while cooking)
1 large onion cut into thin rings (to serve the kebabs on).

FISH TIKKA

This dish is one of my favourite among all ,not just because it's healthy but also delicious. Punjab is considered as the birthplace of this delicacy. The mixture of curd and fish along with spices make this dish irresistible and always create an urge amongst the people to have more and more of it .

Garlic cloves – 3 to 4 in number, roughly chopped
Ginger – ½”, roughly chopped
Thick curd or greek yogurt – 1 tbsp
Mild chili powder – ½ tsp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
White pepper powder – ¼ tsp
Chickpea flour – 1 tsp
Fresh coriander – 1 tbsp, finely chopped
Vegetable oil – 1 tsp

DAHI KE KEBAB

Another one from "kabab" family , but this time this is a one of most prominent dishes assimilated by indians. Even though it's a vegetarian dish made up of cottage cheese ,dahi and flavoured with spices and vegetables it is considered as a great party starter.

250 gram Hung curd 800gm greek yogurt strained to remove whey
2 tablespoons Coriander leaves
100 grams Indian cottage cheese grated paneer
50 gram Grated cheese
2-3 tablespoon Roasted Gram flour roasted did zbesan
Salt to taste
1 teaspoon red chilli flakes
1 teaspoon chopped green chillies
1 teaspoon grated ginger
Breadcrumbs to coat the kababs

Popular cocktails everyone must try

2020-06-21T07:32:00.001-07:00

When ever we hit a bar, we order something that we admire the most, here's a list of most loveable cocktails of all time.

1. Clover club

Clover's club is a gin based cocktail made up of egg white, raspberry syrup & lemon juice which is first dry shaked to mix all the ingredients & then ice is added. This cocktail is garnished with strawberry slice.

2. Manhattan

The most popular cocktail in New york city. This cocktail is Made up of rye whickey authentically, but canadian , burboun & tennessee can also be added. Sweet vermouth, angostura bitters are stirred over ice in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnished with maraschino cherry.

3. Sex on the beach

It is a IBA official cocktail. This cocktail contains vodka, peach schnapps , orange & cranberry juice.

All ingredients are added in a high ball glass and built with ice. The cocktail is garnished with orange zest.

4. Paloma

Paloma is a tequila based cocktail. Grape fruit juice, lime juice and tequila are the three main ingredients. This cocktail is served with ice in high ball glass.

5. Rock lobster

Made up of coconut rum , dark rum, banana liquor & grenadine, dark rum floats on top. Garnish is done with any of the fanciest garnish.This cocktail is a n extreme hit off, must try it.

Types of Biryani

2020-06-20T03:14:00.002-07:00

India is the country famous for its mouth watering flavours. Biryani is one of the most famous foods of india & is admired in the whole country. These are the 5 types of birayni in india you must try atleast once in your life time.

1. Hyderabadi biryani

Hyderabadi biryani is cooked in two ways, one is kachi & other is pakki or yakhni. In kachi biryani, meat is layered first & then layering of basmati is done, & in yakhni the meat is layered above rhe rice. In hyderabad biryani is made in bulk & kachi biryani is prefference. It is believed that flavour has irani influence in hyderabad's food.

2. Malbar biryani

Malbar biryani is made in malbar coast of india. It has the influence of arabs. Unlike other biryanis, tomatoes are also added in malbar biryani. It is spicier than any biyani you will eat. Served with date pickle & raita

3. 2 Gosht ki biryani

As the name suggest this biryani is made of two types of meats, mainly mutton & chicken kofta. The flavour of meat is more dominant in 2 gosht ki biryani. It is influenced from middle east. Rampur is the place famous for 2 gosht ki biryani.

4. Kolkata biryani

Kolkata biryani has potatoes added in it. When wajid ali moved to kolkata from lucknow, he found that potato, which was an exotic food in those times, very tasty & ordered his cooks to add potatoes to biryani, since then without potatoes, kolkata biryani is incomplete. Potatoes give mashy flavors to biryani

5. Lucknowi biryani

Lucknowi biryani is basically not biryani, it is yakhni pulao, but it is sold in market in the name of biryani as the people are more connected to it by the name of biryani. Unlike hyderabadi biryani it is cooked in small portions so that rice is not compressed because of weight. The taste is remarkable.

khait - country of angels

2020-06-17T00:38:00.002-07:00

We all like stories from past and are interested in knowing it from our elders. Though ,the lifestyle of elder generation was totally different than of today. We all live it by listen ing from our grand parents, here is a story that my grandparents tell me about khait parwat in Uttrakhand.

Kahit parwat is located in gamri patti ,village bagodi in Uttrakhand. The story is about a person named jeetu bagadwal , who was businessman who dealt in copper. Once he went to take her sister along with him from her husband' home, Raithla. While he was in Raithla, he went to kundara parwat to discover the beauty of the place . While he was ubserving the beauty of the place he sat & started playing flute. His music attracted the angels of that place. Seeing the angels , jeetu got scared and started channtting bhairav devta's name. When he opened the eyes frightenedly ,all angels were gone.

Next day , he comes to Kundra parwat again with his cattles, and again started playing the flute again. This time the angels surrounds him again. As he didn't know that the reason behind it his flute, the angels tells him that they are very fond of his music & tells him to come with them. Jeetu promisses the angels that he would come there definately after he will get his get his ropni done (cultivating rice).

As he was not from Raithla ,& was only there for few days as it was his brother in law's place, he went back to bagodi and didn't come back. After the ropni is over he goes to khait parwat along with his cattle where the angels find him again. As the angels come in front of him ,he looses consciousness & angels takes his soul along with them. It is said angels come to khait parwat till date . People say it becomes very foggy when angels arrive & take people along with them whenever they see anyone in the woods of khait parwat.

These type of stories are very intersting & let us live the past in this modern world, and this is the only to stay connected with your culture in this modern erap

The top 5 protein rich vegetarian foods

2020-06-12T01:02:00.001-07:00

India is a country in which people are now getting more conscious about there physique and health & therefore it brings a boom to the fitness industry, on the other side people in India believe in ahinsa and mostly depend on vegetarian food for muscle growth. Here are some protein rich vegetarian food which are easily available in India.

1. Paneer / cottage cheese

Paneer is a very good source of protein, & hence vegetarian. It is a milk product & also you can say indian cheese . It tastes very good and is part of many popular dished in india. 100 gms of paneer gives you around 20 gms of protein.

2. Soya chunks

Soya chunks are a very good good source of protein. It contains largest quantity of protein in vegetarian food . you get 52 gms protein in 100 gms of Soya chunks

3. Green peas

Green peas is a very good source of protein . It is widely used in India as the secondary ingredient in dishes like matar paneer aloo paneer etc. One cup of boiled green pea gives you around 7 gms of protein.

4. Lentils/ Dals

India consumes dal daily and in a staple food. Although the quantity of protein in Dals vary but some dals like moong ,rajma are higher in protein.

5. Spinach

Spinach is also a good source of protein and iron as well. It is used in many famous Indian dishes. It gives you around 5 gms of protein per cup

India's tourism places : Top 5 list

2020-06-08T00:32:00.000-07:00

India is land which is very famous for its tourism. people from all over the world travel to India for various purposes, here is the list of top 10 tourist places of India according to me.

1. Uttrakhand

Uttrakhand is the place which is very famous for tourism like adventure, rural & religious tourism. Itis famous for places like rishikesh auli etc. & One of the top 5 tourism places in India.

2. Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh is again a mountain place which is very famous for its adventure & rural tourism. The famous places of Himachal are manali, kullu shimla & many more. it also has a place in my top 5 tourism places of India .

3. Rajasthan

Most of the part of Rajasthan is desert. Rajasthan is place that is famous for rural tourism . It has many historical places like bhangarh fort which is also said to be the most haunted place of India, it is also very rich in culture & has the top hotels of India. Hence comes under top 5 tourism places of india list.

4. Goa

Dream of almost every indian youth is to visit goa as this places is full of life. Goa is known for its beaches & has many things to explore like dolphin island & nude beaches. One of my top priorities in top 5 touristm places list.

5. Delhi

Delhi ,the capital of country is blend of flavours of country and is main topic of my top 5 tourism

place list. It is famous for its cultural variety & you will get each and every flavour of india in this place.

The Kashmiri wazwan

2020-06-05T10:20:00.000-07:00

The Kashmiri cuisine is inspired by Mongolian cooking , it's very rich in taste, as we all know there are variety of ingredients in the cuisine which makes the cuisine rich & Heavy. Timur invaded Kashmir in 15th century, with him he brought whazas (the master chefs). Wazwan is basically the meal prepared by the whazas. It is prepared in events like marriages and festivals. Here are some most popular disshes of Kashmiri wazwan.

1. Rogan Josh

Rogan Josh is lamb prepared in red sauce which is very popular dish in india.

2. Yakhani

Yakhani is again a lamb based dish which is cooked in curd based gravy

3. Mastchgand

Mastchgand is a dish in which ribs of minced lamb is used and are deep fried

4. Goshtaba

Goshtaba is a dish in which the lamb is extra minced from which the meat balls are made. These meat balls are dipped in creamy gravy.

5. Syoon pulav

Syoon pualo is a pulao in which meat is added except veggies.

6. Seekh kebeb

Seekh kebab are the one of the most famous starters in india. Ground lamb in put on skewers heated & served.

7. Aab ghost

It is the dish in which the lamb is cooked in the milk.

Jaunsar - The land of witches

2020-06-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

Every child is fond of listening to stories, specially if the story is mysterious. When i was a child, my nanaji used to tell me stories of many mysterious places in uttrakhand. One of the heated topic on those stories were of jaunsar, a place in uttrakhand where people believe witches exist.

The story, that i remember from my nanaji's side is that once my nanaji's grandfather went to jaunsar for development of roads. Hence he wondered that all the stories from jaunsar were a myth & other engineers were not ready to go there, he got ready for the project of jaunsar. The day he reached jaunsar a cat tried to enter the flat alloted to him, which looked a little bigger than the normal cat. While the cat was trying to enter through the window, he threw wooden photo frame on the cat.

He was really terrified by the cat because of it's abnormal size, he had understood that it was one of the witches of jaunsar. The next day when he woke up he noticed that one of the woman in jaunsar was wounded & the wound was on the face, where exactly the cat got hurt. On the same day he packed the bag and left jaunsar.

As i grew older, my interest of knowing this place grew with me. So i started studying about jaunsar from the students of my college, who belonged to that place, obviously. The fact i got to know is that this place was really into some black magic & witches used to live there in particular place. The place in jaunsar bawar is Boha's Ghitiyakhat, which was earlier known as Dankathat. This place in jaunsar used to have a fest on 20th August, every year. where witches from around the world used to come and celebrate the festival. The local people say that they used harm the humans if they see them. People used to hear their voices. Evidences like chulas (outdoor cook top) , places to hide jewelleries & scratch marks are seen their even now. The places where they used to party are also seen. People never did farming in that area, neither they used to go there before. But now, from around 100 years no such voice is being heard, but evidences are still there. People near Ghitiyakhat even today dont get out of houses on 20th of august

The unplanned trip to tungnath

2020-06-01T08:49:00.000-07:00

This is the story of last spring when we started off to srinagar from delhi. Srinagar is a place where we go every year. But last year the journey turned out to be an adventure. When me and my cousin started an unplanned trip to tungnath.

Those days we were in bua's house, usually we go there every year. In the morning my parents and buaji asked me to come along with them to dhari devi mandir, i denied as it was too early in the morning. Me and my cousin were alone, her friends called her randomly, and asked for the trip to chopta she asked me and we were ready to go.

The trip started from 9:00am im the morning. We were 4 people in two bikes. After around 1hr of journey, we diverted from badrinath highway to kedarnath. We stopped their at a shop ate some maggie. The road was tough after we diverted to kedarnath highway. After 2 hrs journey we reached chopta. We trekked for about 3hrs and reached the tungnath temple. The views were amazing that we didnt even get to know when we reached the temple. Around at 4:00pm, we decided to go down to chopta where we had parked our bikes.

We started off to srinagar from chopta, and reached home by 8:00 at night. The trip was very tiring, but had great fun with my friends & the people who were trekking along with us.

Vrindavan - The land of lord krishna

2020-05-30T10:32:00.001-07:00

Vrindavan is a holy place which is mostly visited by people to experience lord krishna's presence. I visited vrindavan last year with my younger brother as i got to know lord kishna visits vrindavan everyday even till this decade. I was so surprised & hence made a plan to visit the holy place.

We started of in the morning, reached there by evening. After discovering many neighborhood areas, we headed to vrindavan. The vibes were too good there but the plan of meeting lord krishna failed as no one is allowed to stay there at night after eight. Let me tell you what is the story behind this -

Vrindavan is 5700 years old. People in this area believe that lord krishna visits this place at night. There are some trees around the temple those are small in size, they turn into gopis at night, even the monkeys & other animals leave the place before it is dark. The temple is locked with 3 different locks in the evening and are found opened in the morning. People say that lord krishna & radha rani ji go into the temple & lord krishna helps her do the shringar. Any one who watches all this become mad or gets killed. Even the coffins of people are made there who died after watching lord krishna.

When we asked the neighbouring people, if they could see anything from their roof. The people said that at night the vrindavan becomes very foggy and it's impossible to see whats going on inside.The

Point to remembered is that, the monkeys were really moving away as it was getting darker.one must visit this place as it is very pleasing and you get positive vibes every where.

A Memorable trip to himachal

2020-05-28T08:39:00.000-07:00

I have been travelling to many mountainous places throughout my life, and today i am here to tell you about my experience of himachal pradesh tip of last year.

Me and Gaurav, my friend, started of from delhi at 8:00 pm. The trip was around 11hrs long with a break in between. We reached Bhuntar around at 7am in the morning next day all the way from chandigarh & mandi. We took a local bus from Bhuntar to kasol, which dropped us at kasol bus stand.

Here we had some food in the famous jim morrison cafe. After that we came back to kasol market, where we saw antique and local clothes and architectures, which was a great fun.

Next day we started off for tosh trek, tosh is around 1km from kasol. We had momos for breakfast on they way and then started again. The car dropped us at a point in tosh from where the vehicles don't go further. From there we trekked to stoned edge cafe where we had or bookings done already. We stayed here for one night. Next day we reached tosh village after a long trek and had some fun in shivem cafe.

The next day we had planned to go kheerganga, but the plan was cancelled for some reason, so we had to come down the next day. The plan was not quite successful on kheerganga part but i have planned to visit kheerganga this year as soon as pandemic ends.

Himachal - my first tournament trip

2020-05-26T07:52:00.002-07:00

The first experience of everything in life is really very special & we don't forget it in our whole life.

This is the story when i was is 6th standard, it was my first time when i got selected for the north zone cbse championship. This tournament was held in mandi (himachal pradesh) & us the best experience of my tournaments till now.

On the first day, we boarded to the bus, and reached himachal pradesh in some time, i don't remember how much time the bus took as it's been too long now. We were alloted a room in the, hostel of the school where we stayed with the seniors, who were from sachdeva public school. The were the bad ass people &at the same time the were very supportive as well. They used to call their coach chotu. In some time they started having fun all over, they had brought a speaker, in which the played honey singh's songs , which they played very loud, it was the in- campus hostel, so the sound reached the classes.whenever anyone used to come to check out they used to hide the speaker within the kit, at night we troubled the teams of other states by knocking their doors and then coming back and pretending to sleep. After some time the speaker was caught & the school authority took the speaker & told us that they will give us at time of departure.

Although we lost at quarters, but we had much fun there. In closing ceremony the seniors introduced me to a girl they were approaching and flirted with her making me the weapon. It was the first time when i heard honey singh's volume one. From that day onwards i started abusing openly, our seniors were asking for the speaker from the receptionist, one of the senior kapil told me to ask sir to please handover the speaker as tushar bhaiya masturbates, and that in hindi!. obviously i didn't know the meaning so said the sentence as it is, i was scolded by that receptionist &he told me to bring the coach otherwise he will not handle the speaker to us at all. I got frightened but the seniors managed to get rid of it by calling their coach chotu to solve the problem.

Kapil, robin, tushar & gaurav bhaiya were those who stayed with us and made iur trip worth remembering.

Delicacies of uttrakhand

2020-05-25T07:54:00.002-07:00

Eating habit of people differs from place to place, according to the availability of the food. Malbar coast is known for it's spices, southern region of india for coconut and much more. There are some beautiful dishes of uttrakhand that everyone must know &in today's topic we will cover the same.

1. Bal mithai

Bal mithai is the local chocolate of uttrakhand, this sweet is made by roasting khoya for long time. When the sweet is cooled, it's cut into pieces and covered with sugar ballas

2. Arsa

Arsa is a sweet prepared in uttrakhand, mainly in wedding. The common ingredients used are gur rice and mustard oil. Arsa resembles thick puri but the ingredients are totally different.

3. Singori

Ice cream cone shaped sweet khoya covered with maalu leaves. Taste is identical to kalakand.

4. jhangore ki kheer

Jhangore ki kheer is uttrakhandi version of rice kheer it is sweet pudding made with sweetened milk & wild millet. Wid millet is.used as it is mainly available in uttrakhand.

5. rot/rotana

This dish is prepared with wheat and sugar syrup, mainly prepared in events like pooja, diwali marriage etc in uttrakhand.

Kuldhara : The haunted village

2020-05-24T06:38:00.001-07:00

Kuldhara is the second most haunted place in india as known by people. It lies in Rajasthan, The state which is famous for its tourism & haunted places.

As no. 1 haunted place in india, the bhangarh fort also lies in it. Although both, bhangarh & kuldhara are considered as the most haunted places in india, they are the tourist spots at day time & are shut down in the evening.

Kuldhara village was abandoned around 170 years ago. It is located in jaisalmer district. It was the village of paliwal brahmans. There is a story that deewan of that village used to take higher duties, taxes & used to trouble the people of the village. He fell in love with the daughter of the leader of the village, but the villagers didnt agree to deewan. In return he started torturing the villagers mentally & financially. As a result the whole village abandoned the village, giving it the curse that no one will ever be able to live in this place. No one knows where the whole village went, it's mystery till present.

The irony is that, no one, till now is able to start his/her living in this place, because of its curse. later on indian government declared it as the haunted place and it became the tourist spot eventually. Many people visit this place as a tourist destination. One should visit this place if they really are big fan of haunted places.

Swala : Haunted village of uttrakhand

2020-05-22T05:28:00.002-07:00

Uttrakhand is land of gods, and if god is there, the devils is there too. There are several places in uttrakhand that are considered as haunted by many of the people, and one of those places is sawla village. Sawla village lies in champawat district of uttrakhand, kumaon region.

There is a story that in 1950's, a military vehicle was passing through that route, which accidentally fell down the road and all the soldiers were badly injured. They were screaming out of pain, people of sawla village rushed towards them & except helping them they looted all their belongings & left the soldiers there to die. From that day the ghosts of those soldiers are haunting the village & if anyone tries to enter the village, they drag him/her to the same place where they died. A temple was also made so that they stop haunting the village but nothing worked. To confirm if it's a myth or reality me and chachaji reached there one day.

We asked the people of nearby villages about the story of sawla. They all were very sure that there is no ghost in the village as they daily go to that area dor the grass and farming activities. They agreed that accident happened but no one looted the soldiers. And the temple was made in their memories & not to stop them from haunting as they dont haunt the village.

At night with the help of local person we also visited the village. We found nothing but cattles tied in some houses, and even an old man was also sitting there alone to guard the farms as they could be destroyed by wild boars. He told us that almost every alternate day comes here to guard the farms and hasn't encountered a ghost yet. He added, these all rumours are spread to ruin the image of village.

The creepy night

2020-05-20T09:58:00.000-07:00

Hanging out with cousins is fun, isn't it?, this is the tale of time when i was a kid. We had come to our village for jatra, a pooja in which we make offerings to god like goat, coconut etc. It is a big ritual which comes ones in several years, the whole family come together to village at that time.

As the family is big, I met all my cousins at the same time. It was very being there with my cousins but at the same time it was unacceptable for me to see an animal getting killed in front of me. As the ritual started and the goat was killed in front of my eyes, i and my cousins got scared & the same thing was rolling all over our mind.

The same day we decided to sleep on the terrace of our home in village, eldest sister of us also told us that she just lost one of her friends as she commited suicide few days back because she failed 12 standard exams. This made us more scared, as we were already sleeping on open roof, and all the elders were sleepin in their respected rooms. The fear was of wild animals too.

Bhoon : The secret cave.

2020-05-19T09:46:00.002-07:00

Uttrakhand is a land of gods as well as mysteries. There are various mystical places in uttrakhand, about what i will be telling in upcoming blogs. Todays topic is bhoon, a secret cave in Dharkot, a village located in pratap nagar tehsil of tehri district of uttarakhand.

Pratap nagar is named before king pratap singh, who used to come to stay here in summers. As pratap nagar is located in high altitude the king used to shift from Old tehri which was located in valley. High mountains have low temprature that valleys, that's the reason he used to shift in summers.

Now, bhoon is actually located in forest area of dharkot. It is actually a cavity in the mountain, which the local people used to believe, is a short cut to rishikesh.

The story is that once, a goat of one of the residents of dharkot accidentally slipped to bhoon. After one month of the incident, delhi residing resident of dharkot reached dharkot, after he heard about the incident, he told that he saw the goat with same features in rishikesh whose one leg was broken, on the bank of river with one lamb. From that day onwards people in dharkot started to believe that the bhoon is shortcut to rishikesh.

But there were some people who didn't believe in such things, but there was no mean to prove the reality because of lack of equipments, as the time passed, the tools became available, & one of the residents who didnt believe that it is the shortcut to rishikesh decided to go inside the bhoon.

Mr. Yoginder negi, collected all the necessary supplies, went to bhoon all alone discovered that bhoon is really very deep, but not that much to reach rishikesh, there were skeletons of many animals like deer, wild buffalos etc. He tried to go through smaller holes but was unable to go inside.

He concluded that, if something will fall from such height, will never will able to walk again atleast, the smaller holes in bhoon were too small for atleast a goat to pass through & there is no such shortcut to rishikesh from bhoon.

Types of Tourism

2020-05-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

Tourism industry is one of the biggest industries in the world & contributes a big share in world's economy. People travel in the world to experience various things according to their interests. There are various types of tourism for which people travel.

1. Rural tourism

Rural tourism is tourism in which people travel to experience the rural life of particular place. India's most of population belongs to rural areas & tourists who are interested in studying the rural life of india are attracted to these places. Rajasthan, punjab, uttrakhand are good examples for rural tourism.

2. Religious tourism.

Religious tourism is tourism in which people travel the world for their religious beliefs. India believes in unity in diversity & hence people from all around the world come here to visit famous religious places like Badrinath temple, Golden temple, jama masjid etc.

3. Health Tourism

Health tourism is india is peaking as the world is getting conscious of getting fit. Yoga & ayurveda are the key factors that attract millions of people form the world to india. Rishikesh us one of the place where most of the foreigners come to practice yoga & spend their lives learning it.

4. Adventure tourism

Adventure tourism is for hardcore people in the world. They travel the world to explore the untouched beautiful places in the world, they travel for thrill. There are numbers of adventurous activities in india from bungee jumping to scuba diving.people also enjoy winter and watersports here.

5. Cultural Tourism

People who are intrested to study different lifestyles of people in the world are the one intrested in cultural tourism. India is a culturally diverse country and the lifestyles of people bary state to state. This gives more opportunity to cultural tourism in india.

Mountains : Backbone of indian tourism.

2020-05-17T07:45:00.001-07:00

Indian tourism sector plays an important role in contributing to GDP of inda. It's share in GDP of india is 10%. I am a mountain guy & i love to discover various places located on the lap of mountains, learning about their culture lifestyle & much more. In my opinion, why i see mountains as backbone of the tourism industry as they are the natural resource to the tourism.

People in world admire the beauty of mountains & peope love to go there in search of peace, click wildlife photos, experience the fragrance of the woods & much more, snowfall attracts more tourists in the mountains. Winter sports are attraction in the winters which provides activities like skiing, ice skating & much more.

One can experience skiing in auli in uttrakhand in winters. Himachal pradesh gives you the best experience of winter sports like ice skating, skiing, heli skiing, mountaineering etc in places like shimla, kufri, manali & narkanda.

Other activities like paragliding, rafting, bungee jumping trekking & camping are most common interest of people for which they often visit the mountain regions of our country mountains are for the people who wants to live their life to the fullest & who are hardcore adventurers.

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Varanasi - Travel experience

2020-05-16T01:25:00.001-07:00

And here i come with my new story of old golden days when i used to study in class 12th. I was a shuttler (Badminton player) during my schooling days & also travelled various parts of India for the badminton championships, This story is about my last badminton tournament that was held in varanasi uttarpradesh. (CBSE NATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP )

On the first day of the trip i started off from my home, met my friends. We were around 7 people from our school & 4 teams from delhi. Soon as the trip was about to began we occupied our seats. We didn't even get to know when the trip finished as we all were busy playing uno watching movies and doing other stuff. Train stopped and we boarded to the buses of sunbeam lahartara school, where we were supposed to stay. The opening ceremoney was grand & there we met many of our friends, who were from delhi too. That day when we went to sleep, we got to know that we are going to share our room with uttrakhand's sub junior team, we went to sleep as we were having match the next day.

The next day, from the very first time we started talking & became good friends, though i was their senior they treated me as a friend and karan was like brother to me, he discussed every thing that he was going though & that he had crush on a girl named keertana who was from banglore. She was also competing in the tournament, obviously. He secretly used to follow her & soon also started talking to her as well.

Unfortunately jaycees public school lost in pre quarters (karan's school), & karan's team was unhappy so me & my team cheered them up & told them not to worry is it was their first nationals match. At evening we played in swings had our dinner & went to sleep.

Every thing was going, in our semifinals we were having a tough match & the team we were going to meet in finals was prettty easier for us to take over.

The match was going intense, at around 8 points remaining i dived to return the shuttle to the opponent & accidently slipped. The pain was really horrible, our mentor narendra sir thought we should submit the match but some how i managed to get up & finally won the match somehow.

After some time the body totally cooled down the pain increased but i played the singles match even after narendra sir's disapproval obviously i lost as i was barely able to stand and the pain grew more after that match. I was taken to a physiotherapist & he told that the muscle got ruptured i i strictly need rest.

So for the main match that was finals, apparently our team became weaker as i was not playing the match, but my substitute. He is amay he was very nervous that time as he waa new in our age category, unfortunately we lost the match but our girls team won the tournament. Closing ceremony took place & we boarded to return home. As bus was about to start, karan came running towards my window, wished me & gave an artical of a local newspaper that published my photo in it. Karan karan unpinned that article from sunbeam school's notice board, i could see water in his eyes & promised him that we will meet soon.

Why do we learn about the travel industry?

2020-05-15T07:14:00.001-07:00

Travel industry is one of the highest revenue generating industry in india. It contributes about 10% 0f the total Gdp of india all alone. Tourism industry generated 4.2 crores jobs in india for the year ( 2019).

Apart from contributions to Gdp, it is also a very interesting career option, paying you for interesting jobs. If you are the type of person, who really want to explore the world this is the right career option for you, as you get paid for travelling. Some of the best career options in this industry are as follows

1.Flight attendants/ pilots

If you are a person who love to see new faces, are extrovert & want to explore the world with a handsome sallary with additional perks & benifits this carreer is for you.

2. Hoteliers

Being a hotelier is a great career option if you want to work at one stable place. You get a really lavish working enviornment and a good pay. You have many options to build you career in a particular department, Food production, service, front office & housekeeping are the major departments.

3. Cruise ships

Working in cruise is very much suited for the people who enjoy working while travelling for the long go. Once the ship starts sailing it visits multiple countries & obviously stops there for some time, so that you can experience different countries in one sail. Cruises sail for around 6 months & then come back to their starting point.

4. Travel agents

Being a travel agent is also a good career option as most of the people now plan their trips through travel agencies.If you have potential to create good repo for both your customers & business partners it will bring you a lot of money.

5. Travel blogger/vlogger

Travel blogging is an emerging trend in travel industry, through travel blogs you describe people about the places you travelled. if you want to work as per your convenience without restriction, earn a good amount of money & want to be intresting topic of gossips, it is the career you should opt for.

PLACES TO EXPLORE IN UTTARAKHAND

2020-05-14T11:27:00.004-07:00

Uttarakhand is one of the best tourist places in India. It's tourist destinations are famous all over the world. Places like nainital, mussourie, rishikesh are very much known places, but is it all?

"NO", there are hundreds of places in uttrakhand which are very less explored by the tourists. Here i am, to tell you about those 5 mesmerizing spots that i highly recommend.

1. Shahastradhara

Number of natural swimming pools in a line , for which you dont have to pay a penny. You can enjoy all day long. Hotels & restaurants on the banks of rivers. Facilities like lockers and clothes on rent is also provided. It is a must visit place in dehradun district of uttrakhand.

2. Pithoragarh

Pithoragarh is another heaven in India after kashmir .This district of uttrakhand lies in kumaun region.It touches it's borders with nepal. you will never regret visiting pithoragarh much of its beauty is yet to be explored.

3. Dayara bugyal

Gaining popularity year after year, dayara bugyal now has started coming to the favourite camping & trekking destination for adventure seekers. It lies in uttarkashi district. One should visit this beauty atleast once in lifetime.

4. Lambi dehar Mines

The history of this place is very terrifying. Local people say that spirits of hundreds of labourers haunt this place. It is few kilometers away from mussourie & a must watch place if you want to add thrill to you journey. It comes in the way of george everest which also a good place for trekking.

5. Nachiketa tal

This place is one of the hidden gems of uttarakhand only. This beautiful place is at very high altitude. The lake is surrounded by dense forest, and even has fishes in it, and that too in very high altitude. Even the way to reach this place is very adventurous as we have to go through dense forest. I visited this place first time in my lifestyle last year. If you want to know more, read my blog "the trip to my village.

BADRINATH TRIP

2020-05-13T22:47:00.001-07:00

My love for uttrakhand is never ending. As i am a mountain guy, i keep on visiting uttarakhand on daily basis. Once, when i was in 11th standard, i & mamaji decided to visit the holy Badrinath temple.

We started off from Delhi at night & reached rishikesh in 6 hrs. We were thereat around 5am. The next phase of the trip was going to be very tough, though it was a 12 hr Journey in the mountains, most of us know how hard it is to cope up with that.

The first stop was 3 dhara, where we reached around at 10am &had our breakfast. This place is names 3 dhara as three rivers meet here. Slowly slowly, we reached Srinagar Gadwal, This place is famous for educational institutions. universities like HNBU & GB pant are located here. After some time we reached joshimath. Here we had our lunch around at 3pm and started off for Badrinath, although the journey was full of fatigue we enjoyed the views of joshimath. Trust me it's like heaven.

Around @7pm we reached our destination "Badrinath". Even in the end of may, the weather was so cold that when i jumped out of bus, my muscles freezed & tumbled down. That was very embarrassing moment for me. Beacause of temperature of people inside the bus i was comfortable with shorts, but as i stepped out, i had to wear 5 layers of clothes, trust me even then i was feeling cold.

Next day, we started off to Mana, the last village of india. Had breakfast there & started a 7km treck to vasudhara, it is the place from where pandavas went to heaven. Because of inclination i was finding difficulty to walk, but when i saw local people lifting the same weighed people and moving effortlessly, i was shocked. On the way we saw bheem setu which was constructed by mahabali bheem itself. Moving forward we reached half way to vasudhara, from where the snowy area started that time got so excited as i had never seen the snow before. After some rime we reached vasudhara. Stayed there and enjoy the snow

Then we came back down which wasn't a difficult task & on the way we saw a military camp there, we played volleyball with jawans had fun at night dinner and went to sleep afterwards.

Next day we came down to rishikesh with loads of memories. One should visit the holy places of India atleaset once in his/her lifetime. Mountains give you best memories.

CORONA: END OF THE WORLD? D

2020-05-13T11:45:00.001-07:00

COVID 19, A global pandemic has put the whole world on it's knees. Countries with best health services are loosing the fight against the coronavirus.There are about 44,00,000 cases across the world.Cases in india has crossed 78000 mark. But the question is "Is coronavirus the end of the world?"

The answer is "NO". Although the virus is highly contagious, but it is not as much effective to finish the entire world.As we can see mortality rate is very low as compared to recoveries. It's mostly effective in children and the sinior citizens. But good immunity keeps corona away, so focus should be on building immunity. It is expected thar the vaccine would be available within 12 to 18 months. Till then the precautions should be taken and basic hygeine practices should be followed to fight the virus

A TRIP TO MY VILLAGE

2020-05-13T09:23:00.001-07:00

"UTTRAKHAND" The land of gods, is not only famous for it's beauty, but also for adventures and it's wildlife.

last year, in summers me and my brother decided to go to our village without our parents for the first time. Our village 'Dharkot' is around 90 kms from the Tehri district in uttrakhand. Though it is very long, tiring on road journey of around 12 hours from delhi, we reached there fatigued.

Next morning, me, my brother, my two cousin sisters & chachaji headed towards uttarkashi to take my cousin's diploma , that is again around 90kms from Dharkot.

On the way to uttarkashi we saw a carcass of a cow in Dhanturi. Chachaji told me that the cow was hunted by a leopard. Soon we reached uttarkashi had lunch around at 2pm took the diploma and headed back to Dharkot. We were also excited as chachaji had promised us that he would take us to Nachiketa tal in Chaurangi khal.chaurangi khal is a very beautifull place with dense forest and greenery, Nachiketa tal is a pond in high altitude above the mountains. What makes it more beautiful is that it has fishes in the pond.

By the time we fogot about the carcass, we were enjoying our journey, I saw something jumping fom one side of the road to other.'Aah' I screamed, horrified. 'Leopard' that was.Unlike the normal colour it had wheatish skin with black spots & larger than the size we see in the zoo. Only me & chachaji observed that beauty for longer time as we were sitting in front. unfortunately my siblings got only one moment to see the leopard as it climbed down as the car stopped. One of my sister told me that she thought that i screamed because chachaji drove the car out of the road. The leopard was eating the carcass of the same cow that we saw in the morning.

Around at 4pm we reached chaurangi khaal, trekked to nachiketa taal and clicked some awesome photos there. After some time we came down,drove to Dharkot and clicked some awesome pictures of moon in lambgaon on the way.we reached our home at around 9pm. I was so happy as it was my very first experience watching a leopard like this. Believe me, it's more pleasing than watching these beautiful creature in cage.