A quick query if someone could answer it - "a flight to a point beyond a radius of one hundred nautical miles from the aerodrome of departure whether over land or sea"
Now my doubt is - if a pilot departs from base and he does not wish to land at another airport due to poor weather conditions (or any other reason) and then returns to base.with that flight covering more than 100Nm - is that still considered a cross-country?
Yes that would be a 'cross country' (according to DGCA at least), ie. you do not need to land at another aerodrome, but you must fly to a point more than 100 NM away from your aerodrome of departure...
(exceptions are ofcourse the required 250 NM and 300 NM cross country flights where they want you to land at other aerodrome(s), so in these cases atleast your first leg should be to a point/aerodrome >100NM )