Skeleton Lake of Roop Kund in India – where Myths, Mythology and Nature conspire to hold and reveal a gruesome secret
Skeleton Lake of Roop Kund in India – where Myths, Mythology and Nature conspire to hold and reveal a gruesome secret
The Chausath Yogini Cult – celebrating the Feminine
Chausath Yogini cult - an obscure, forgotten cult in ancient India that celebrates the feminine, its philosophy, persecution and fall
For fans of Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer to the ultimate question is 42. Ancient Tantric rituals and beliefs had another number that evoked fear, belief and piety - the 64. Or...
Crete – Where beauty walks hand in hand with the beast
Crete and the Minotaur - Beauty & the Beast, Legends & History - A Beyonder look Crete! The name sounds nice and exotic… And it is… 150 miles long and 30 miles wide, this isolated land mass floats in between the Libyan and Aegean Seas with 15 mountain ranges guarding it. Metaphorically speaking, this is a land...
Pythagorean Cup – The Cup that cheers AND controls greed
The Pythagorean Cup is a unique Greek wine cup, designed by the famous Pythagoras, that cheers and controls greed at the same time - Beyonder Ideal for followers of Lord Bacchus... A wine cup that drains out its contents on the lap of the greedy drinker who fills it beyond a certain level... Designed by Pythagoras... You...
The Beatles Effect
The Beatles and Abbey Road - Legend, lore and history The Beatles' iconic album Abbey Road has a song called Golden Slumbers. It goes: Golden slumbers fill your eyes Smiles await you when you rise Have you heard it yet? If you haven’t, here’s the link – hear it, you will love it. Golden Slumbers . And if...
Napalm Girl, the Vietnam war and her life story
Napalm Girl, the Vietnam war and the little-known story of her life after the War. Vietnam, officially known as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the innermost country on the Southeast Asian Indochinese peninsula. Vietnam is a very green and beautiful country but was subject to many wars and brutality. These wars also took a great...
Saint Petersburg & Chyzhik-Pyzhik, where have you been?
On the third day of my stay in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, I was walking down the embankment of the Fontanka river late at night after a heavy meal and a few too many glasses of vodka. The chilly October weather only excited me more to stay out late. Ah! The city did...
Sarajevo and its “Roses” – A Rose by any other name…
Sarajevo
My stay in Sarajevo was not only a memorable one but also quite an exquisite one. Never before had I visited a city known as a war memorial. The beautiful city of Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia. It stands on the Miljacka river and is surrounded by the breath-taking Dinaric alps. It's not the...
Medjugorje – A land of Miracles
Medjugorje is a small town located in the Herzegovina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first thought that comes to anyone’s mind when they think of Medjugorje is of all the miracles tied to this place. I, for one, was very curious to visit this place and know what all the fuss was about. The...
Svalbard – An encounter with Silence
Svalbard - An encounter with Silence, just nature, ice and me