Storyteller Sandeep

For two hundred years a single family and his descendants dominated India and astonished the world. This was the Turk Mongolian family from Central Asia. (1526 to 1707 AD) During this time the Delhi(now capital of India) and few part of north India was ruled by Muslim invaders for 300 years. Which was the dark period for India. These 300 years kept India in dark, all Muslim invaders tried to convert India into Islamic military state.  Babur (First Mughal Emperor) Babur He was born on st. valentine's day 14 feb, 1483 AD. He had good looks, he was a painter, poet, author. 1494 AD, in his 12th year of his age, he became the emperor of Ferghana valley(now Uzbekistan). From father side he was the descendant of Timur(Tamerlane) and from mother side he was descendant of Mongol king Ghengiz Kan (Gangeez kan). Babur never called himself Mongol, he always called himself persian turk. But in Persian language the corrupted  versian of Mongol is Mughal. So history remember...

In the familiar and unshakable Indian narrative, the discipline and practice of Yoga is uniquely Indian and origin, started by Lord Shiva and spread to the other part of the world by seven rishis (saints). Indian yog & American yog Shiva passed this transcendental knowledge to those seven rishis, 20,000 ybp. That time writing was not introduced. So knowledge was passed to disciple in oral version. Tomorrow disciple will become master and will pass the knowledge to his students orally. So Yoga was practiced by rishis only for millennium , this knowledge was not preached to general public before the rishi Patanjali came into existence.  Rishi Patanjali decided to write the book on Yoga. So rishi Patanjali was the writer of Yoga book not the developer or founder. The founder of Yoga is Shiva. He was the first astronomer of the world who studied the seven celestial objects of space. Sun, moon and other five planets. That is why he passed the knowledge of transcendental...

Today the share of India in global world is only 2%. In history it was 20% of world trade.  If you had stood at the famous port of Muziris in Kerala 2000 years ago, you would see a ship arriving laden with gold. Trading by ships in ancient India Every day a ship from the Roman empire landed in a south Indian port whee it piked up fine Indian cottons, spices and luxuries. But Indians did not care for what the Romans brought, since accounts had to be settled with gold and silver. Back home Roman senators grumbled that their women used too many Indian luxuries, spices, cottons and two thirds of Rome's bullion was being lost to India. Fifteen hundred years later, the Portuguese had the same problem complaint: their gold and silver from South America was being drained in the trade with India. The British parliament echoed this refrain in the 17th century. British Parliament Indian textiles and spices changed culinary tastes and clothing habits around the world. Europ...

Now a days people are talking a lot about yoga. 21st June is announced as International Yoga day. Why Yoga is important in our life ? How it makes our life simple ? Why all Indian yogis keep saying by yoga you can find GOD. is it true ? Lets find out. Last year in November 2014, I was leading a Golden triangle tour (7 days) and I was asked to conduct 64 minutes yoga session every day before sightseeing. There were eight tourist from USA in my group. India yoga tour by Sandeep 64 minutes session - 5 minutes -   Om Chanting 20 minutes - Micro exercises                      Physic Union Pose                      Hare pose                      Cobra pose                      Wheel pose                   ...

Kingfisher Beer I have been travelling in India as Tour leader since 2006.  Whenever I am on an India tour with foreigners.  The most asked question is which Indian beer should I choose while travelling in India ? Though their are many Indian brands like Thunderbolt, Guru, Hayward 5000, Bullet, Golden Eagle, Royal challenge beer, Cobra but Kingfisher is the most famous and chosen one and it is recognized at international platform as well. It comes in under different categories like lager, strong, ultra and gold. To know more about the brand visit : Kingfisher World There are also international brands which available in India, one of them my favorite one is Budweiser. Interesting fact : In India beer and liqour shops are called "Thekaas".

My bags are packed but still its two hrs early from scheduled time. I am going to Jaipur ,Rajasthan with my childhood friend at 12 noon today. Neither I am excited nor lethargic for this trip. I have been to Jaipur numerous times. I went on trip of Lahol- spiti, Himachal, four years back with Sumit.  That was a bombastic trip Sumit is sales manager in Royal Enfield company whenever he is posted at tourist destination he invites me. On this trip I have decided to learn a lot about Maharajas of Jaipur, Forts, their customs & traditions. I have been to Jaipur many times with my foreign groups. But this time I am going to explore it on my own and alone. I want o feel Jaipur. I do not want to be on organized itinerary. I will roam here and there. I will see the forts as I have come to do excavation. At the age of 30, I am experiencing lots of changes in me. Earlier I used to travel for fun and enjoyment. Now this time I am thinking about learning the culture, customs and trad...