Can a place that is full of sunshine get covered in deep mist in a moment and then get drenched by heavy rain after few minutes? I watch the nature shift from one mood to another while I stand on a cliff wondering how deep the valley underneath is. While the city below is […]
Category: India
I am a Housewife and a Mountaineer
Surrounded by the dim light of an oil lamp, I am sitting in a kitchen looking at how ‘Roti’ (Indian bread) are made on firewood. The lady dressed in an Indian sari is telling me stories of how the people in Munsiari, a remote village of Kumaon have taken up community based tourism for sustainable […]
Untrekking to Druni Taal
“Please inform your family that you will be out of phone range for the next 4 days with no connection to the outside world”, our instructor Yog told us while we loaded our backpacks eager to be trekking through a forest, a moraine and a glacier for the next 5 days. Moraine: Glacial debris comprising […]
Celebrating Holi in Kumaon
Sitting in the small balcony of my homestay, perched on a plateau, I sip the early morning tea. Raindrops from last night are still dripping from the leaves. In the valley below, the farmers are tilling their step farms of rice and potatoes using cows. As the cows move, the bells around their neck ring […]