Panchgani

  • Return to New Era High School

            The last three posts on my return to Panchgani have manged to generate some interest in my humble blog, bringing many first time visitors and mention on couple other websites, including Baha’i Views and WordPress.com.   If you haven’t checked out the Sureka Trilogy, here it is in order with a couple of new photos added courtesy…

  • The Search for Sureka II

    [This the second of a three-part story.  Click here to read the first part.] I arrived in Panchgani yesterday morning and took the full self guided Benoit-James Historical Panchgani Tour.   That will all be elaborated on later. This post will be about today, which was reserved for the Sureka Search.  Read the last post before this one…

  • Return to Panchgani

    In the 2004 movie Swades, Shahrukh Khan, the ‘King of Bollywood’, stars as the handsome map-loving scientist who returns to India to reunite with his childhood maid.  He rents a comically large camper and follows her trail, eventually leading to two women, the object of the original quest and a romantic interest who sings in a very high voice. My…