It was a lazy Sunday afternoon, and the aroma of coffee filled the air as my husband and I sat with our friends, at our favorite café. The conversation soon turned to our recent anniversary trip to Uttarakhand.  “So, how was the big surprise?” one of them asked. I smiled,

My mother always used to say that our plans to visit the abodes and temples of God are made by God rather than by us. My parents, being devout Hindus, had always wished to visit Uttarakhand and see the Char Dham.  However, we couldn’t plan a trip as both