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By Su Sareen.
This is our second time at Basunti and it was wonderful to be back… it’s a joy to be in such a special place.
By popular request, we started a little earlier this year (7am after early morning tea for those who want it). It may sound a bit early but […]
By Jenny Blake.
From the moment our small group of artists arrived at Basunti, we worked prolifically – painting the landscape and the array of plant life in the garden, being clearly very much inspired by the beauty and colours that surrounded us. During lovely cool evenings we looked at the work produced, sharing […]
Just another sunny November day at Basunti – Poinsettia and Bougainvillea coming into full bloom and Black Redstart, Great Tit, Oriental White-eye and Himalayan Bulbul taking a bath.
We arrived late afternoon to Basunti, an oasis of peace and tranquillity after a tiring journey. The next day we found that the monsoon season had yet to finish, but this did not dampen our spirits, as we practiced our yoga in the comfort of the Shala. The afternoons were brighter and very hot, […]
The day starts for me at 5:30 with a large mug of tea, which I drink on the Gate House veranda.it starts to get light at about 5:40 and I wait, with mug in hand, for the morning show.
The Basunti Babblers are a troupe of eleven adult birds. They are a bit […]
The monsoon seems to be coming to a close, as we have had no rain for the last five days and every morning starts with bright blue skies and stays hot and sunny. The pool at this time really comes into its own, nothing like an evening swim with a chilled glass of white, while […]
Monsoon rains normally start at Basunti in mid to late June with fairly light rains, developing into heavy downpours in July and possibly early August. By the end of August, the rains would subside, followed by the classic, glorious Indian summer months of Sept/Oct/Nov; Bright, clear sunny days, with cool nights, truly idyllic weather that […]
It is bone dry Himachal Pradesh and most of the day at Basunti is now spent in the garden. The Monsoon is late this year and everything is desperate for water. The Indian Bean Tree though loves the heat and is presently in full bloom.
This is the time the Mango starts ripening and […]
“We need beauty around us. Beauty is like a perfume impalpable yet so very strong. Beauty is the essence of life. Its feeling pushes the artist to create, opens the heart to love, leads the brain to clarify, invites the mind to comprehend and brings the body to participate. You find yourself in Beauty, […]
