Rachana Banerjee, actress

nI haven’t been on a leisure trip for the past 12 years, as my life has been a constant whirl of film-related work. But just some days ago, I returned from a trip of a lifetime to Kashmir ? made all the more special by the fact that it was my honeymoon. My husband, Probal was leaning towards honeymooning abroad, but I managed to convince him otherwise.

You see, for a very long time, I’ve wanted to visit Vaishno Devi and thought it especially important to go there with Probal after our wedding for a blessing. And Kashmir being the closest tourist spot, we headed to its snowy locales after finishing our darshan.

Once there, we checked into a houseboat and spent all our time sight-seeing and basically having a great time. The views were spectacular and we visited Gulmarg, which was completely snow-covered and Pahalgaon. I also did a lot of shopping in Kashmir, picking up little odds and ends like wooden carvings and shawls. The one thing we didn’t do was sample any local Wazwan food ? we preferred to stick with North-Indian cuisine.