I know finding a perfect place which suits your interest is based on personal interest and hence cannot be generalized. If you like a tropical beach stay, chances are that I hate beach baked vacation and hence finding your picture-perfect place is all about a bit of luck or a bit of research. While I…
If places were books, Netala would be that rare timeless classic perched on a hard-to-reach shelf, in a less-frequented aisle of a quaint bookshop that only incorrigible bookworms make their way to. No snazzy cover jacket to grab eyeballs, no stellar reviews announced on its back cover, no catchy tagline, no hashtag-endorsed popularity, not even…
For residents of the twin villages of Yul & Pharol in Turtuk, the last outpost of India on the northwestern border life & country has changed more than once. The hamlet was part of undivided India during the British Raj but was occupied by Pakistan after Raj packed in 1947. Then during the 1971 war, while…
For my entry I’ve chosen to travel back to January 2009 and write about a dicey moment that made me a more mindful traveler today. I hope you enjoy reading about the two days in which I experienced terror and beauty in equal measure. India, I am hooked. ‘Oh he’s not my husband’ I had…
A place is made of its people. There must have been a time when there weren’t strong political boundaries. There were no visa applications, immigration or security check. One could move like a nomad, halt wherever he wanted, eat whatever he wanted and sing the local song. What would have been the answer, if someone…
Nagaland has always been a mystery to the outside world, with very little being known about this as-often-termed ‘godforsaken’ place. Considered as the ‘wild east’ Nagaland is home to some 16-odd headhunting tribes, who, until very recently, valiantly fought off any intruders. They would chop-off their enemy’s head and ostentatiously hang it on the entrance…
The waves are gentle as the hands of a child, lifting the boat up and passing her softly from palm to palm. The others have pitched a tent on the island, but our two boat men sleep in the cabin below me, and I am on the cabin’s roof. I have been struggling to sleep…
Would you be ready to go on a blind trip? I have always been excited about the possibility of traveling and not knowing where, such as going to the airport and taking the first plane that leaves. I am seduced by this formula of going on a trip to know the destination only at the…
The northeast Indian hill country and adjacent Himalayas is an important centre of endemism and biodiversity in general, full of charismatic wildlife species so as to excite almost any imagination. Nameri National Park an even greater and more exciting range of birds is accessible to the birder. Kaziranga importance for biodiversity conservation can scarcely be…
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