Along with ominous, wet clouds, this time of the year is also known to bring with it crabby, restless children, who often tend to get bored and irritable when confined indoors. And everybody knows that the biggest bane any parent can have, is a cranky, tantrum-prone child on his or her hands...

When we first chose Binsar for our first Club Mahindra Holiday, we had no clue that there was a small forest reserve tucked away in the hills of Kumaon, far from prying eyes and exploited concrete jungles. Truly unheard of, this self-sufficient resort nestles comfortably in the lap of Jhandi Dhar Hills of Uttaranchal, 35 km from Almora. Although Binsar sounded familiar to us, thanks to the Mahindra representatives...

“We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time…”
This classic Deep Purple song was written when the band was performing at Geneva, and a fire broke out in the Casino Montreaux creating the illusion of ‘Smoke on Waters’. As if providing inspiration to one of the greatest bands in the world wasn’t enough...

Blue skies, azure seas, deep backwaters, dense vegetation, gracefully swaying palms in a perennial dance routine, echoed in the sinuous movements of the mystical kathakali and mohini attam; a land peppered by ancient Hindu temples, old churches and mosques, and a hospitality industry in permanent top gear – this has to be Kerala. A land that has captured travellers’ fancies the world over...

Birds use their nests to lay eggs and bring up young ones. It is a common idea that they use them to sleep in—this is not correct! There is a wide variety to be found in bird nests. Commonly, birds make cup shaped nests of grass and twigs and place them in trees.