We are living in an era when our over dependence on technology touching new heights every day. In every facet of life, we fall back on our gadgets. Thus, acquiring information related to tour and travel is no exception. Instead of exploring beyond regular and redundant, be it for visit to places of interests or for that matter just a weekend jaunt, we start scouring internet. Often, searches yields places very popular and beautiful, yet sometimes it can overlook beautiful places normally unexplored. This Holi (festival of color), it was an unpremeditated trip to Bakkhali, which ended up being at Henry’s Island, nearby Bakhkhali. Those, who are not acquainted with the name ‘Bakkhali’, it is a beach village in the southern fringe of West Bengal, State of India and the district being South 24 Parganas. Shortest distance from Kolkata to Bakkhali is 125 km ( Diamond Harbour Road {NH 12}, via Sirakole – Usthi – Netra). If you take a detour v...
From my viewpoint - Alok Halder