Facebook Google+ Twitter Close your eyes, gently. You are in a forest, alive with the sounds of birds, insects and the rustling leaves of tall, timeless trees. You can smell the fragrance of the earth – an infusion of magic, moistness and mineralised richness. There is no human being around you for miles and miles ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter “THE SHORTEST DISTANCE TO YOURSELF IS AROUND THE WORLD” While I was preparing and training for my trip to Leh in June 2013, a number of my friends hoped that this would be a great subject  to break the long silence on my blog. I also secretly hoped with them that a ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter I love the sea. I don’t know if it has something to do with being born in a coastal city like Mumbai or if it is just the endless alternating calm and turbulence that calls out to me. But it was the sea that I inevitably sought when I landed on the shores ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter Hampi is something that stayed within ever since I started to lug around a camera. Titled to be a photographer’s paradise, I had wanted to visit Hampi for the past three years. And so, on the 15th of August, as India celebrates its 67th Independence Day, we, a group of 3, went ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter Beginners love the Roopkund Trek. The easy ascents, alpine trails, lovely twin meadows – Ali and Bedni Bugyal – and the view from the Junargali peak make it a highly rewarding one. Hear all about it from Keerthy, who went to Roopkund in September. Day 1 – Lohjung to Didina It was a ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter How many times, have you heard this voice in your head, “God, I need a break!”. And, how many times have you ignored it for lack of time and attention. Well, this familiar thought resurfaced and reverberated my overly preoccupied mind like a thousand gongs in a Buddhist Monastery. And this is notwithstanding the fact ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter Only a few lines in one of the most famous guidebooks. Chhattisgarh, close to Tribal Odisha, seemed relevant for intrepid explorers. “42 different ethnic groups”, “tribal haats” (markets), “chapura” (live ants), “Dussehra festival”, quoted the book. My soul of apprentice ethnologist couldn’t resist for long. After checking a few Indian websites, my decision was final: ...

Facebook Google+ Twitter ‘In history lies all the secrets of statecraft’  Few faint images cross your mind when you talk about Champaner: a strategic trade route, the capital of one of the most influential sultanate, a graceful example of urban landscaping, mesmerizing Muslim and Jain architecture. But the loudest of all images is that of ...