A sensory walk through a tiny Thai village named Ban Khwao, with nothing to see, and everything to feel, with homemade Thai food, faces and laughter, as I volunteer for two weeks in a school.
I have crafted all my favourite volunteering experiences after travelling for three years across India, to guide you through the diversified Indian cultures more meaningfully.
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.
Zanskar. Cut-off from the world for three-seven months in extreme winter. A semi-desert of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. For one and a half months, I volunteered in a school in Zanskar. This is my reflection.
Hailstorms, mild snowfall, and heavy rainfall later, I hiked to the highest peak in Dalhousie. Even then the Air Force almost escorted me back to Dalhousie!
A rejuvenating and cozy time in Dharamshala McLeodganj despite the ever-growing tourism in Himachal made me realize how we have to find our own space.
At the India-Bangladesh border in the Sundarbans, the women make bidi, cutting through lives in extreme poverty.
Volunteer Tourism, more than a niche. Volunteering while travelling broadens the knowledge pool, sharpens old skills, and introduces you to new understandings.
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.
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.
