They say the Himalayas call you back. I understood this in last one year. I spent two weeks in Lahaul-Spiti valley in Himachal last year. Soon after I was invited to Gulmarg. My year began with experiencing Ladakh in winters right in the first week of January. In April, May of this year I found […]

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I’m Neelima Pudota and I’m a mountaineer. Now I am writing this blog not as a mountaineer but as a traveler. I want to share a different perspective about the mountains. By choosing to write as a traveler, I’m choosing to go back to the roots of my passion – my love for nature, a […]

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I have lived in Karnataka for a long time. I can understand Kannada a bit, but not to the extent to be able to appreciate literature and poetry. So I had no clue about who D R Bendre is until I decided to go and explore Hubli-Dharwad. A friend told me to visit the Bendre […]

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Paula Constant is a brave woman, for she walked the Sahara Desert all by herself. Meandering through various countries, cultures, languages, tribes, landscapes, and most importantly her own mind. I read both her books Slow Journey South and Sahara. And then had the pleasure of being a part of the release of her books in […]

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Well, I know Mallikarjun Mansur is no more and one cannot meet him in person. Thankfully he has chosen to lie in the garden of the house he lived in, right by the side of his wife. He probably registers the visitors who come searching for him in his pristine house, in a narrow lane […]

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We got ready for the day to be spent with the waters of the Arabian Sea. The adventure team of Sai Vishram Beach Resort was prepared to handhold us for various experiences. They took us deep into the sea and let us swim there. Initially, most of us were too scared to enter the waters […]

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To me, going to Hubli-Dharwad meant looking for the places associated with music legend Dr. Gangubai Hangal. A little after she passed away I read a newspaper report saying that her house in Dharwad has been converted into a museum. And a Gurukul is being set up in her memory. Legends of Dharwad – Dr. […]

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On a warm afternoon, we walked into an idyllic surrounding of a quaint vineyard in Dresden. Pillnitz runs by Klaus Zimmerling and his polish artist wife Malgorzata Chodakowska. Vineyards and wine tasting tours are quite common in this part of the world. Most big vineyards having a tour brochure that for a fee takes you […]

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Her name was Premlata, a lady tourist guide. We met her at Orchha when we reached the gates of the palace there. Many guides came to us offering their services. She was also one of them. A frail woman wearing a wine-colored Sari properly pinned on her tiny shoulders. And a mangal sutra hanging around […]

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National Geographic Traveller India (NGTI) magazine’s editor Niloufer Venkatraman speaks about the magazine’s presence in India for last one year. National Geographic Traveller India Interview with Niloufer Venkatraman Tell us about the legacy that National Geographic brings to India and how India is going to enrich it further? Niloufer Venkatraman: In 1888, a group of 33 […]

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