Usha's Odyssey

Manali in Himachal Pradesh is now a very popular destination. Around 1956 we set out to go there all prepared with maps. From Delhi, we reached Chandigad and stayed there for a couple of days – a new city established to serve as the capital for both Haryana and Punjab. Famous French architect La Corbusier designed it. It was divided into sectors. We also visited the India's first big dam, Bhakra Nangal Dam a concrete gravity dam on the Satluj River in Bhakra Village in Bilas

Filled with joy and excitement to see Pindari Glacier, we left Mumbai for Kathgodam in Uttar pradesh, now in Uttarakhand. We went to the tourist office and saw map showing route to the famous glacier. Our group consisted of my elderly parents, and me and my sister. In the evening we reached Kausani. As we had been there before we moved around with familiarity. In front of us was the western Himalayan range. We tried to identify different peaks. We were especially looking for

In my childhood, weekends were spent wandering around to places near by to Mumbai. We frequently went to what I would now describe as the...

Our trip to Kausani is historic in a way. Our parents did not accompany us. Instead, my father put us in charge of his young secretary...