An open journal from my two weeks in Malaysia’s Heritage City, Malacca. Street art, abstractions, and flipped pages from flipping history.
Ammi and Abbu. Two larger-than-life simple individuals together developed an organic farmland and later a farmstay called ‘Vintage Village’ in a remote village Gulripurwa in Uttar Pradesh.
Phyang Festival. A way to submerge in the macabre demise of evil forces over the power of the divine, cohering with Buddhist beliefs.
Let’s explore the hidden villages in Parvati Valley - Rasol and Stona. Both of these villages are a hike away from Katagla in Parvati Valley.
My up-and-close interaction with Chamba, as I hiked for two days from Dalhousie to Jot, through bear-jungles and set up camp in a Chamba village.
One month in Tirthan Valley, volunteering, admiring the sunsets of Tirthan Valley and learning to prepare Siddu, the local Himachali dish!
The Tharu ethnic people of Nepal are the inhabitants of the Terai region. As I volunteered near such a settlement, I met the Tharu people through my host.
The yellow deserts and hidden treasures. All that while drinking camel milk in a Rajasthani village conserving 400 camels.
The Festival of Colours, Holi, is celebrated in Kumaon five days long. My first pahadi Kumaoni Holi with a local family in the mountains of Uttarakhand.
I spent months in Garhwali homes in Uttarakhand! Read about the Garhwali wedding rituals and the rural culture of Uttarakhand.
