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.
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.
At the India-Bangladesh border in the Sundarbans, the women make bidi, cutting through lives in extreme poverty.
One month in Tirthan Valley, volunteering, admiring the sunsets of Tirthan Valley and learning to prepare Siddu, the local Himachali dish!
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.
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.
My experience of volunteering in an offbeat rural village in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand - Toliyon. Garhwal is special.