Where to volunteer in India as a teacher? I have jotted down volunteering opportunities from all over India that you can consider while travelling.
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.
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.
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.
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.