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Going Offbeat in Meghalaya & Learning Interesting Things
The famous Nohkalikai Falls at sunsetFollowing my quest of “Chasing Monsoons”, this July I visited the state famous for its clouds and rains. For years, Meghalaya captured my imagination and when I...
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Suryagarh - Stay like Royalty, Explore like a Local
A huge bird flew in front of us across the barren desert landscape. The wingspan was at least 2 meters and the height was a meter or so. It took us a while but our gracious host had soon identified the...
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Konyaks - The tattooed Headhunters of Nagaland
On a bright Sunday afternoon, I was standing on a hilltop - one foot in India and the other in Myanmar. With neither a passport nor a visa in hand, there I was straddling across an international border...
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The Forests of Kanha - Instagrammed!
Kanha is a National Park and Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. Stretching over an area of more than 2000 Sq. Kms including both Core and Buffer Zones, this is the largest national park in Central India....
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Living with the Tiger
"It is easy to think the forest is beautiful and harmless sitting inside the safety of the vehicle but take 10 steps inside the forest, off the trail and you will see how scary it really is."Imagine...
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Wild Things of Kanha & Bandhavgarh National Park - A Photo Essay
The low lying mist almost kissed the ground, the water and the grass. Through the mist, an orange glow slowly made its way coloring everything in its path into a shade of bright burning seinna. The...
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2013 : Reflecting on a year as a Travel Writer!
I’ve said this before and I say it again, that I do not consider myself a writer at all. I consider myself an explorer and a decent photographer. And I started my blog with the sole aim of documenting...
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Chadar Trek - How to prepare to walk on a frozen river in subzero temperatures?
For the longest time I shied away from this trek thinking of the extreme weather conditions. As much as I’d like to call Himalayas home, I am a plain-dwelling, sunshine-loving mere mortal after all....
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Dandeli - Close Encounters of the Wild Kind
[Stalking the Flying Squirrel]Here is a GIF loading, please be patient! :)This is what the stars were doing while we were busy finding the flying squirrel in the tree you see lighting up here. In the...
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A Traveller's Review of the movie Highway
"Jahan se tum mujhe laye ho, mein wahan wapas nahi jaana chahti. Jahan bhi le ja rahe ho, wahan pahunchna nahi chahti. Par yeh raasta, yeh bahut accha hai. Mein chahti hoon ki yeh raasta kabhi khatam...
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Wild Beauty of Dandeli - A Photo Essay
It's amazing how close we are to places of incredible natural beauty despite the ongoing destruction. It is nothing but a joy and a rare privilege that we are able to whisk away to somewhere exotic...
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When I went walking on a Frozen River - A Photo Story
Zanskar river, in Ladakh, is a river so furious that there is no stillness in its wake. The currents and rapids are so forceful, they carved out a deep gorge through the indomitable mountains. Even the...
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The Eclectic Secrets of a Charming City, Madras
What's common between Armenian diaspora, Thomas the Apostle and Nawab of Arcot?Well, Madras and the landmarks they left behind.I’ve lived in Chennai before and have visited it several times since but I...
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Goecha La Trek, Sikkim - Instagrammed!
Sikkim is one of the most beautiful states of India. I had fallen in love with its wild mountains the first time I visited (Monsoons of Sikkim) and harboured the dream to return ever since. Two weeks...
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Land of Thunder Dragon, Bhutan - Instagrammed!
I hadn't even fully recovered from the awesomeness of the Sikkim Trek and I was on my way to the Land of Thunder Dragon! I was with family and didn't plan it to be an offbeat trip. However, Bhutan...
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That’s it folks, I quit! :)
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” - Henry David ThoreauLast month was my last at work. I quit, finally! Surprisingly, it wasn’t all about travel. Although travel had a...
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7 Interesting things about Bhutan you probably didn't know!
Bhutan, the last Shangri-La and a beautiful Himalayan Kingdom, was once reclusive but now charms visitors with its unique culture, history and a whole lot of natural beauty. Earlier this month I spent...
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Surreal Beauty of Sikkim, In Pictures - Goecha La Trek
Goecha La is a high altitude trek in West Sikkim famous for grand views of Mt Kanchenjunga. Over a week, we climbed to 5000m and were suitably rewarded with surreal views. Here's a quick story of what...
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A Wild Monsoon Outing & My First Tiger Sighting - K Gudi Jungle Lodges at BR...
Last week I spent 3 days in the dense forests of Biligiri Rangaswamy Hills in Karnataka along with fellow travel blogger Anita Bora, on invitation from Jungle Lodges. BR Hills is where the Eastern...
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Cycling in the Lush Green Countryside of Coorg - Monsoons of Karnataka, In...
Ever since I moved to Bangalore in 2008 I made it a point to visit Western Ghats in monsoons, year after year, without fail! This year, I made two back to back trips in a week. [Things I can do now...
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