Almost 6 years ago, when I started backpacking solo and embraced long-term traveling, there were people who had an expression of awe on their faces. Even before their inquisitiveness flowed out of their mouth, I could see it in their eyes! “What are you going …
How To Travel Meaningfully & Make Your Journeys Unique
The pandemic has surely taught us one of the biggest lessons ever! – The fact that ‘life is uncertain’. Once you get to hit the roads again, no matter whether you plan a trip to a quaint Himalayan village or escape to Bali to soak …
How To Be A Travel Writer When You’re Not Traveling?
If a travel writer isn’t traveling, that doesn’t mean they can’t be writing stories about travel. We merely need to think outside the typical ‘I went here’ tales and dig into stories that we can tell while we’re at home – stories that we haven’t …
Exploring The Planet Through David Attenborough’s Narrations | #StayHomeStaySafe
Last year, while we all quarantined ourselves within the four walls of our respective homes, we turned into couch potatoes and binge-watched movies and series, of which many were related to traveling. Well, that was the best we could do to beat the woes of …
The Belgadia Palace: Luxurious Staycation At It’s Best
For most of the Bengalis living in Kolkata, trips to Odisha begin and end in Puri. Occasionally, it extends up to the Konark Temple or Chilka Lake. I’m no exception in this case! That’s why, when I first heard of the Belgadia Palace, I was …
An Open Letter To The People I’ve Met On The Roads
Hey You, Yes, this is for you! Maybe we’ve met while trekking through the forest trails overlooking the snow-clad Himalayas, or on that boat when we both were anticipating our first dive underwater. We might have met at the airport in Mek’elle when you helped …
10 Reasons To Spend A Month At The Doi Homestay, Nathuakhan
Located at an altitude of 1940 meters above sea level in the Kumaon Region, Nathuakhan is a tiny hamlet enveloped in the Ramgarh District of Uttarakhand. A lesser-known cloistered village, this place is easily accessible from Nainital & Bhimtal with Kathgodam being the closest railway …
Flashback 2020: Travel & Blogging In The Times Of Coronavirus!
It has been nearly nine months of staying indoors. Now that the year is about to end and a lot of countries are going through lockdown 2.0, here I am, sitting and thinking of last December when I was super excited to kick start 2020 …
Rajbari Bawali: Exploring The Quintessential Heritage Of Bengal
Travelers across the world are probably on the same page right now, slowly stepping out of the four walls and embracing the roads with more love than ever.The pandemic has surely taught us to be grateful and not take our journeys for granted.As we have …
The Pandemic Taught Me That Travel Is An Essential Human Activity
Traveling is an essential human activity – and when I say this, it might not seem essential the way hospitals and grocery stores are. But it is as essential as books and hugs are – essential not for our survival, but for our well-being. It …