Articles by me / Published Articles / TravelIs that what India is About? (Condé Nast Traveller) November 24, 2015 Written by 0 Thanks to the I took my kids to Haridwar and found myself answering the very questions I had in another time I must have been all of 10 or 12 when my parents first took me to Haridwar and Rishikesh. It was a peculiar trip for us and a bit out of the ordinary because as a family we weren’t ritualistic or religious enough to want to wash our sins away in the Ganga.We were not a family that took pilgrimages and Haridwar is hardly the kind of town that children feel drawn to. Be that as it may we found ourselves being driven along the congested, squalid streets of Haridwar, where bovine creatures and pilgrims jostled for space along with limbless beggars, assorted peddlers and mountain heaps of garbage. On yet another trip during the Kumbh, we found ourselves being saved from getting crushed in a stampede, the news of which made it to the front page of most dailies (the news of the stampede, not of us being saved, we weren’t a famous family.)Read MoreFurther Reading... The other Vienna – The Hindu June 5, 2026 Midlife Independence: Confident Women Embrace Singlehood March 10, 2026 Frida Kahlo: a contested Mexican icon – The Hindu June 5, 2026 Previous PostGenx Parents Are Not Having It Easy, but This May Help (The Indian Express) Next PostThe Goodness that is Gulmarg (CNT)
