At the India-Bangladesh border in the Sundarbans, the women make bidi, cutting through lives in extreme poverty.
I am revisiting my hometown Kolkata, after two years, to get my passport done. This article is about how I looked at Kolkata before, and how I dwell on it now.
Is India safe? Is it a safe experience for solo female travelers? How exciting is hitchhiking across India? Here are 10 safety tips!
Hitchhiking solo from Kaza to Manali for two days, and in between, a roadblock before Losar, just around Kunzum Pass. Julley from Spiti Valley!
Nine days of walking for around 150 km from Atal Tunnel to Kaza, solo-camping at villages across Lahaul and Spiti, and finally coming down to Manali via hitchhiking.
One month in Tirthan Valley, volunteering, admiring the sunsets of Tirthan Valley and learning to prepare Siddu, the local Himachali dish!
As I come back from Nepal after five months, I directly reach Tirthan Valley in Himachal, India. In between, reflecting on the aesthetics.
Child Marriage? In the 21st Century? You may wonder. Yet it is the truth of Rajasthan. The yellow landscape, out-of-the-world architecture and other truths.
A narrative around the Eastern Indian temples of Odisha. Kalingan architecture, classical dance, tribal villages, temples, and the sea.
In Bodh Gaya, Gautam Buddha first achieved enlightenment. Mahabodhi Temple, monasteries at every corner, and Tibetan Refugee Market - Gaya is a Budddhist pilgrimage site in Bihar.