North and South, though seemingly opposites, possess a magnetic charm that draws them together. I will not lie — being a North Indian traveller, I love visiting South India. Both places offer us a story of contrasts, each complementing and enriching the other. Let me share with you my recent […]
Culture
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In this blog, I’ve shared four equally captivating experiences that Agra offers beyond the Taj Mahal. Happy reading! Recently, I visited the city of Agra, and felt like love is in the air. But, love was not just in the air, it was before my eyes too. Yes, you guessed […]
Story by: Sayali Gupta Being a native of Odisha, I always admired my home state. In 2019, I decided to travel outside my city Bhubaneswar, and freely visit a few villages and meet some tribal communities. Among the numerous tribal communities, I was interested in meeting the Kondh (or Dongria […]
Story by: Aditi Singh I find myself to be a free traveller who has always been fascinated by the richness of Indian culture. Being a native of Rajasthan, I did not know what to expect from my upcoming journey to Kolkata. I was literally taking a journey from west to […]
Story by: Nandini Pratap In 2021, I decided to go for a solo trip to Jibhi village in Himachal Pradesh. I embarked on a journey to one of the most beautiful states nestled in the Himalayas. I knew that I would be experiencing some of the most breath-taking landscapes and […]
Story by: Rushant Dhanwatay Spending 24 hours on a machan in a tiger reserve (Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India) wasn’t the highlight of the census for me in the year 2017. Machan census is a data collection activity where a team of two or more individuals sit at a […]
Story by: Utkarsh Sethia On the night of 15th May 2022, I was searching for “Eay Ma Ho Homestay” in Dhankar village. The village is at an elevation of around 3900 meters in the high-altitude region of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas. The plan was to do remote office work […]
Varanasi is a city with a unique blend of spirituality, culture, history, and culinary delights that can leave a lasting impression on anyone who visits this old city. Read this blog to understand what makes Varanasi or Banaras a unique city and why it could grab a special place in […]
Often, there are a lot of things that the people living in the local streets want and do not want us to see. Read this blog and try reflecting with the idea that streets have a lot of stories to share with us. Are we ready to hear them? Streets […]
Do temples excite you? How do visiting temples make you feel? In this new blog, I bring to you a few reasons why I am in love with temples in South India. Well, for me, temples are more than a place of worship. They become a place to revisit the […]
In this new blog, I have carved words on how journeying through places taught me that life is bigger than the scars on my face and made me realise that I’m beautiful too. The most uncomfortable situation in life could be not being comfortable in our own skin. I was […]
Nature, anywhere on this planet, is always mesmerising and unites us despite the boundaries of our nations. While humans know how to colonise territories, people, and markets — nature simply surrenders its beauty wholeheartedly, irrespective of the countries, borders, etc. Read the blog below on how nature unites us and […]
Some stories fade away with time, while some remain with us for the rest of our lives. Read below the story of one such brave man who left his country, Tibet, and found freedom and a feeling of being home in India. My Name is LG*, currently, I live in […]
We may acquire a lot of knowledge from books and act like the smartest person in the world, yet the one who has experienced the world through their eyes, out in the open, will always be a step ahead. Open maps in the four-walled rooms will not teach us what […]
Read this new blog where I unravel three reasons that unite India from my experience of travelling from the north of the country to the south. There are a thousand reasons that unite India, however, I shortlisted three reasons that encouraged me to experience new cultures, places and people. Happy […]
Read this blog below on how travelling can help diminish and even end cultural biases and poor assumptions that we may hold about others. I have always wished if I could travel to Africa. One reason is that I want to see through my own eyes what Africa really is. […]
This blog highlights my experience of visiting the fish harbour in Visakhapatnam. Read below and reflect with me on what I learned from this beautiful and memorable visit to the fish harbour in this wonderful port city in India. Most of us love fishing, at least we are excited about […]
