Slow Travel in Chiplun : Finding Silence and Time.
It is day two of life in the mountains. We are up early, as it is a day to explore the land. A cup of tea and then a delicious breakfast of the oh-so-Maharashtrian kanda poha and some rice bhakri.…
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Life in the Slow Lane: A Leopard and Human-Wildlife Conflict
A peaceful weekend in the hills of Chiplun takes an unexpected turn when the presence of a leopard reveals the uneasy reality of human-wildlife conflict.
Road to the Konkan: Sunsets, Salt Air, and the Shores of Ratnagiri
It has taken three days to get here. A day of driving across the road that is the spine of Karnataka to take a break at Hubli. After the soulful Amboli, the mango orchards and the cashew nut farms were…
Konkan Road Trip : Ratnagiri
The Amboli morning is sparkling. A slight chill lingers. The breakfast is some neer dosas with a green coconut chutney. This is Konkan stuff all the way. It is the beginning of my Konkan Road trip. Amboli is the start,…
The Konkan Trail – Amboli welcomes all.
The Konkan trip begins at Amboli Had to take a break. The long-cherished plan to drive around the Konkan coast finally clicks. The unpretentious western coast, where nature is at its serene best, beckons. Leaving the dust and frenzy of…
Kallanai and Karikala Chola: The Vision That Changed the Cauvery
A quiet village near Trichy hides one of India's greatest engineering achievements. Built nearly two thousand years ago by Karikala Chola, Kallanai still guides the waters of the Cauvery and continues to nourish Tamil Nadu today.
Guru Nanak’s Rest: A Gurudwara in the Shadow of Tawang
Faith in the mountains High in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh, not far from the India–China frontier, stands a Sikh shrine that few travellers expect to find. According to tradition, Guru Nanak paused here during his third great journey more…
The Road to Tawang : The story of Baba Jaswant Singh
The trip to Arunachal Pradesh has just begun. Tawang the first destination. We have crossed the Saraighat Bridge over the ocean-like Brahmaputra and are heading further northeast. As we move toward the mountains, we veer away from the river. The…
Jageshwar Dham, Kumaon: A Morning in Uttarakhand’s Ancient Land of Gods
Dev Bhoomi: A Morning in Kumaon There are temples that announce themselves with towering gateways and restless crowds. Jageshwar does the opposite. Hidden beneath a carpet of ancient deodars, it waits in silence. Timeless and eternally waiting. We are in…
Nagara Fort : Rains and ruins
Chasing the Monsoon Through Shimoga The monsoon had arrived. It was still not the angry storm it can be, but an early, apologetic drizzle of early June. The hillside and the roads waited to be drenched. It was that time of year again. The annual drive through the ghats. Part ritual, part escape. The best […]