Photo Of The Way – The Arrows Of 4.30 PM

At 4.30 pm every day, a tiny space in the hill station of Shillong in Northeast India becomes alive – with the presence of men who come to test their luck. Welcome to… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Towards Enlightenment

Every June, the controversial Hindu festival known as ‘Ambubachi Mela‘, commences at Kamakhya Temple in the state of Assam. For four days,  thousands of people – devotees, sadhus, tourists, magicians and madmen, flock from all… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Evenings At Majuli

Majuli Island of Assam, the largest inhabited river island of the world, has been left in time and space; isolated by the mightiness that is the Brahmaputra River. Here, the people, apart from being… Read More →

The Lure Of The Lohit River – To Where Eastern India Ends

PROLOGUE Nor I and nether Neil, had ever known that a place called Kibithu exists in the map of the world, until last October, when on one of those romantic evenings that autumn… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Dig Boi Dig!

Digboi is  a oil town in Upper Assam with a rich Colonial history, where crude oil was first discovered in the early 18th century, making it one of the birthplaces of the industrial… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ A Sunny Morning In Mishmi Land

The Mishmi Hills of Eastern Arunachal Pradesh is the heartland of the Mishmi Tribe. They know the land like a ghost, roam the land like free spirits and use the land to live… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Milky Way

The hill station of Cherrapunjee in the Khasi Hills of Northeast India, is considered by geologists as the rainiest and wettest place of the world. And every year, with the arrival of monsoons,… Read More →

Northeast India Travel Diary (day 8,9) – Heading Towards Meghalaya

Day 8 On 8th day i.e. on 23rd Dec. 2011, we had our breakfast and packed all our tents etc.  Then we start our return trek at 8.50 am, and reach Deban at 12.10… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Mask Makers Of Majuli

Art is to give life. Art is beauty. Art is sacrifice. And at times, when art reaches the zenith of perfection, everything starts making sense. Like in the paintings of Da Vinci, in… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ When The Animals Rise

With the first rays of the sun, the landscape of Kaziranga National Park of Assam changes into a mystery tale; of the noises of animals, songs of birds and of the thrill of… Read More →

Northeast India Travel Diary (day 7) – Namdapha And Flying Hornbills

On 7th day morning, after breakfast we pack everything and move upwards to Bhool Bulaiah (BB) camp site. We start at 10 am and reach there at 10.40 am. This camp site is… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Sky, Oranges

Walong is a small and sleepy village situated besides the spiritual waters of the Lohit River, which flows in the very east of the Indian Himalayas. Here, there is not much to do… Read More →

Northeast India Travel Diary (day 6) – Trekking And Camping In Namdapha Tiger Reserve

At Miao, Himanshu, a friend of Neil, joins us. So we are four now. We start from the Govt. Circuit House at Miao. We shop for groceries, vegetables and utensils as we will… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ A Boat And Two Men

A river gives life, a route to navigate for search of luxuries, a highway of slow moving waters. In the river island of Majuli in Assam, India - the mighty Brahmaputra River is God and everything beyond. And just like the Venice of Italy,… Read More →

Photo Of The Day ~ Misty Mountains

At 14,000ft above the sea, a presence of a certain mystery can be felt, like having stepped in the heavens. White mists play hide and seek; at times covering you in its blanket… Read More →