Category: Nature Escapes

At the edge of India, there’s a town where myths breathe through waves and the horizon feels infinite. But my story doesn’t begin here. It starts in Delhi—at Nizamuddin Railway Station—with two bags, one friend, and a 48-hour, 2570-kilometer train ride into silence. This was a pilgrimage to Kanyakumari, India’s…

Lashing rain in Trivandrum. Wet shoes. A hot cup of chai from a stall near the station. My Kerala story began here, not with sunshine, but with the raw, cleansing energy of the monsoon. My destination was Varkala, a town I knew only by its reputation for stunning cliff-side beaches.…

I was standing beside a tiny railway track, unsure whether it was a road or a platform, when I heard the whistle of India’s oldest steam engine. A plume of white steam billowed into the misty air, and the world slowed down. That’s when I knew—I had arrived in Darjeeling.…

My journey began in Rishikesh, on the rain-washed banks of the Ganga. The monsoon had just passed, leaving the air clean and the river roaring with life. It was in this state of calm reflection that I decided to venture into a part of Uttarakhand steeped in folklore, a place…

Some journeys are planned. Others are answered calls from the mountains. My trip to Kalpa was the latter—a desire to explore a side of Himachal Pradesh far from the crowded circuits, a place that demands respect and rewards you with profound solitude. This is the story of a road trip…

Some journeys are planned on maps and spreadsheets. Others unfold through silence, missed alarms, chai in steel glasses, and strangers who keep their promises even when the network fails. This is the story of North Sikkim. A journey from the familiar chaos of Delhi to Gangtok, and from there—to the…

The flight from Delhi to Guwahati is a journey across more than just geography; it’s a passage into the heart of Northeast India, a region that pulses with a rhythm entirely its own. I arrived in Assam’s capital with a notebook full of questions and an embarrassing lack of knowledge…