The Road Through Nowhere - Meghalaya
In July 2014, during a month long assignment to parts of North East India for SaffronStays, I travelled to Meghalaya with the co-founder Tejas. It was a familiar place owing to the frequent childho…...
9 Years Ago
An Isle of Feasts - Majuli, Assam
In March 2014, during my trip home to Assam, I travelled to India’s largest river island, Majuli. Luckily, my trip coincided with the celebration of one of Mishing community’s local fes…...
9 Years Ago
Purushwadi - A night lit by fireflies
I remember running behind tiny specks of light in our unmowed lawn. Cupping my hands around one of the many fireflies that surrounded me, I’d peer curiously to see if it continued to glow between mâ...
9 Years Ago
Memories of a Dreamy Village - Chimney, Kurseong
We stood there gaping at the bird’s-eye view of the rivers Teesta and Mahananda , at patches of inhabited land that was Siliguri and its neighbouring towns, and a clear strip of land that we were tâ...
9 Years Ago
5 Lesser-Known Getaways near Darjeeling
For someone who loves the old-world, slow-paced charm of Kolkata, the prospect of travelling to Darjeeling in North Bengal was rather exciting. While planning a trip to the hill station, as part of…...
9 Years Ago
Going off the grid in Sikkim
It was 5:30 pm and the quiet forest seemed to have suddenly come alive. A downpour later, the howling wind violently rustled the trees. The kids in the house were running about, singing songs in Ne…...
9 Years Ago
