The sun has slipped half-way through the horizon, with an evening which is embodying a lull before the storm in the streets of Thimphu. Thimphu is the capital city of the Kingdom of Bhutan, where I …
This is the story of a ‘Sindhi‘ sounding town called ‘Haldwani’, together with its neighbor Kathgodam; these foot-hill towns have been an important part of my founding years. Both serve as the gateway for Kumoun region …
It is 5.50am and my father and I are on our two-wheelers, heading towards the organic farm where we are volunteering at in Auroville, the French township in Tamil Nadu.
“We are planning to go to Chaini Kothi. Do you want to come?” I was half-dead from the waterfall and street cleaning-drive we had carried out as a group that morning. By the time we …
As soon as I was done with the immigration formalities at the Bhutan/India border (Phuentsholing-Jaigaon), I wanted to be on my way to Paro to make the most of it. Paro is a major tourist destination …
One morning I found Kavya, my fellow-traveller in Thimphu, and our hostess Sania, discussing the famed Paro airport and the perils that surround it. Kavya was narrating her experience as she had flown to Bhutan, while …
Shooting Holi is one the most challenging pursuits that a traveler/photographer/travel-photographer can take up, and I am glad that I have my share of experiences to take a leaf from. While it is sure to get …
Years ago, my father got transferred to Gandhidham for one of his postings. Back then, we were settled in a remote town in Chattisgarh, and vaguely knew that the said place happened to be in …
Location: Tiger’s Nest trek (or Taktsang Valley Monastery) Paro, Bhutan. It is 10:30am. I am on my way to the Tiger’s Nest monastery and I have already committed my first two mistakes of the day: …
Nongriat is one of the lesser known cousins of Shillong. Why has it been kept as a hidden destination?
