India, Feb. 20 -- The road to Heaven leads through Hell. Will you make the decision whether it's worth walking?

On that long, rutted road from Nashik airport to Maharashtra's first riverside glamping (glamour camping) site, I remembered what an author with strange initials (IJ.A.L) had said about the road to heaven leading through hell. Well, that warm Spring afternoon, I surely wasn't driving through hell. I, however, knew some kinda heaven awaited. Yellow flowers broke the monotony of the green wheat fields, boughs were bent with wild plum, ripe grapes peeping from the green vines and disobedient sheep were choking the narrow road. As the car swerved towards a dirt track, the barn swallows flitted merrily, nylon flags fluttered and con...