• Arts & Culture

    Your Moment Is Waiting

    Kerala Tourism’s new three-minute advertisement movie, Your Moment is Waiting, has already become talk of the town. The film was recently featured at Saatchi Gallery in London. Among those who attended include soccer star Didier Drogba, former England striker Gary Linekar, Olympian Christine Ohuruogu, Swaraj Paul, Rolling Stone’s lead singer Mick Jagger’s daughter and former model Jade Jagger, and other celebrities (report in Economic Times and The Hindu). The film will also be shown in all movie halls in London. The film, directed by Prakash Varma of the ZooZoo fame, is quite different from the typical destination advertising movies. It…

  • Nature's Wonders - Places

    Himalayan Safari Tales #5 – Uley Ethnic Resort, Uleytokpo

    Kargil is normally the night halt for most travelers from Srinagar to Leh. We, however, had other plans. Our plan was to travel past Kargil and camp at Uleytokpo, which is just short of 70 kms from Leh. The vehicles that were to pick us up from Kargil didn’t turn up. Telephone lines were down in Kargil for the past 3 days and we had no way to get in touch with the vehicles. So, in the middle of Kargil town, we remained cut-off. However, in less than an hour, Asif managed to get a 12-seater tempo traveler who agreed…