Barely two months ago, 2200 kilometers away in the tiny village of Gunjung nestled in the hills of Assam, I was walking around paddy fields with villagers who had no exposure to structured scientific education and global conversations on climate change, but who understood the importance of water security. Passed on through generations, they had intimate knowledge of how to build their lives using the resources in their surroundings.
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Pondicherry – A traveller’s delight
The herb marinated grilled fish was bland with no flavors. The chicken hot and sour soup served earlier was soya sauce in water with chicken fibers thrown in. The cocktail had no zing either. Booked on a long weekend in peak season, at 1500 rupees per night, I didn’t like my hostel room. After a…
Experiencing Bir during the rains
I had arrived a couple of hours back after an overnight bus journey. It had been drizzling as I got down from my bus and walked a kilometer to my hostel through narrow lanes lined by local homes and shops. It is 11 am now and raining heavily. I have been roaming around for the…
Meditating on a cold morning in Dharamkot
It’s a cold and incessant drizzle. The sky is laden with clouds with thin streaks of sunlight trying to sneak through them intermittently. The cold wind shivers through my ears. In this weather I take the fifteen minute walk from my hostel in Upper Dharamkot to Lower Dharamkot on the rocky, uneven path wet with…
Finding meaning by the Baspa
A couple of months ago, I was sitting by the Baspa River near the India-Tibet Border Police checkpost in Chitkul which is the last Indian village on the India-Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh. I had been travelling in the Kinnaur region laden with yet to ripe apples for the last few days and Chitkul was…
“Hello Indian Tourist”
That is how Francis greeted me as I boarded a local bus from Calangute to Baga on a hot and humid afternoon in Goa. I heard the words as I was taking a seat while talking to the conductor but didn’t pay attention to see who the speaker was as I didn’t think they were…
The Gir wildlife trail
Since the days of marking the location of the home of the Asiatic lion on the map of India during geography classes in school, the Gir wildlife sanctuary has always held an attraction for me. Living in Delhi and in spite of travelling all over India, visiting the wilderness of Gir forest somehow never happened. Located…
The Goan charm….
The charms of Goa are known to most travelers, even those who have never visited this paradise as this tiny state of India is well represented in travel shows, blogs, guide books, documentaries and movies. Goa has much to offer to people belonging to different age groups, cultures, countries and social status, with desires both…
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