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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
No brief description this time, let’s jump straight inside our heads. What if you get a chance to visit your head, your mind? What itinerary will you prepare for travelling in your mind? Which areas will you touch upon to feel the emotions of joy or pain? Which dominant thought […]
Travel experiences with and within the local communities help us to absorb some meaningful knowledge about the way these communities live. Let us understand why local is powerful, be it communities, travelling, or your experiences. In a fast-paced, globalised and digitally connected world, one might feel stranded with the mixed […]
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 […]
This World Mental Health Day, let us make the health of our minds a global priority. The world is witnessing growing social and economic inequalities, conflicts and civil wars, violence, and public health emergencies affecting whole populations. All this threatens any progress towards improved well-being. World Mental Health Day is […]
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 […]
Do you love the rainbow? Let us bow to the rain of love. I still remember — a white saree, dark maroon lipstick, and a beautifully-tied hair bun. I remember something more than this — a deep voice, a clean-shaven face, and a strong muscular physique. Around twenty years ago, […]
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 […]
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. […]
You may have noticed that whenever our cars stop at the traffic lights, some unknown, forlorn child appears at our window and starts asking for food, money, or even to sell some pens and flowers. Where are they coming from? Where will they go from here? Whenever a foreign national […]
Your words are stories, your silence is a story too. It has been one year since I started YouInVerse, and I’m glad I did. YouInVerse has not only been a way to reach out to more people but it has also been a personal journey to provide a haven to […]
The voiceless trees have the greatest number of stories to share. Are we ready to hear? Trees are an involuntary witness of our historic past – some have witnessed both the World Wars, some have seen people die in tragic civil wars across the globe, while some have seen nations […]
Your words are stories, your silence is a story too. At whichever point/phase of your life you’re living right now, you always have countless stories to tell. Stop and pause for a while, and simply reflect on the journey of life you have covered so far. I’m sure, if you […]
If you have ever made a paper boat, you should read this and if you have never made one, then you should definitely read this. Have you ever made a beautifully crafted paper boat, preferably on a rainy day? Remembering those small puddles in the streets, I go deep into […]
Why will you not take a chance on something that makes you extremely joyful and fills you with passion? We all hope and dream that we keep flying in an endless sky with no fear of being let down. In these unending dreams, we anticipate that no bullets ever touch […]
Sometimes the unforeseen arrival of strangers in our lives leaves a lasting impact for the days to come. It was my first day of work at a nation-wide food charity in England that fights food waste and hunger. It collects excess food from supermarkets and other grocery stores and redistributes it […]
You might wonder why you should spend two-three minutes of your life reading a blog about my great-grandmother. Well, as far as I know, she moved so many people around her while she was alive, maybe she can do it even today while she’s away in a different world we’re […]
So many unknown people and faces around us. Each living their own share of life. Some stay forever with us, some just for a short while, and yet we meet some people only for a few minutes out of our entire life. Take a quick read below, maybe you too […]
