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Majuli: A disappearing island

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Fondly tucked between the sister rivers Subansiri and Kherketia and nursed by the mighty...
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Tales from a headhunters’ land

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Conversing with a nonagenarian is like collecting some pages off the calendar or redrawing some history from a person who barely remembers...
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Camping with lions in Masai Mara– II

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From the beginning, I was sure, day 2 was going to be as exciting as day 1. We had by now, tick marked three of the #bigfive of Africa and...
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Camping with the lions – I

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From our camp we could watch baby hippos splash and swill in the waters, while the adults watched...
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Sandsational Zanzibar

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A ramshackle fishing village, now sidelined by an ever increasing number of hotels, bars, guesthouses and bikini clad backpackers; drawn by...
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A loud roar to #saveourtigers

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I still remember my safari drive in Ranthambore National Park which ended with a happy note of seeing the most documented tigress and oft...
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Stone Town Zanzibar: A road to follow

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Stone town, or the old town as locals call it, with all its clichés and a heady mixture of old and...
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A painted doorway to the past

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With every new step, I could find myself getting closer to the rich past of this town. The symbols are faded yet loud, the stories are...
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Shekhawati: India’s Open Art Gallery

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I know I am not admiring at Mona Lisa at the Louvre or wandering on the streets of Met; but there is something tantalizing in these streets...
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Quiet mountains of Namchi

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Think of Sikkim and the images of snow clad peaks, terraced rice fields, lushly forested hills,...
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