Imagine a place where people from every walks of life get to feed themselves every day without facing any kind of discrimination or prejudice and with no expectation to return any kind of favor for this virtuous service. Sounds too idealistic to exist?? Right?? Believe it or not, but there is actually a place, exist as such. 217 km northwest...

15 June 2013, a devastating flood had swept away the large portion of Uttarakhand (the land of Gods) and obliterated the livelihood of the local populations immensely. The most affected parts of the state were Sonprayag, Gauri Kund, Ram Bada, and everything that was situated nearby India’s one of the most sacred pilgrimages, Kedarnath. The abode of one of the...

“The root of suffering is attachment.”- Gautam Buddha Buddhism is the 4th largest religion in the world having almost 7% of the world’s population as followers. Devotees in Bodhgaya Temple But as every big plant has grown out of a small seed, this strong and flourishing community, too founded by a young man named Siddharta Gautama who lived in the...

I had just stepped out of a bus from Delhi and was standing right in the middle of the famous mall road of Nainital, beholding the gorgeous mammoth lake in front me and wondering what to do and where to go? Photo From Unplash It was my first solo trip and surprisingly had this audacity to explore a place absolutely...

I still remember the time when I was at the river rafting point in Leh. The salesman there was asking me to book a slot profusely, I was like, “Bro, I have done the river rafting in Rishikesh, No way I am going to ruin my experience of this adrenaline activity, here”. River Rafting in Rishikesh I believe river rafting...

Every trek in Himalaya is special in its own way, no matter which you choose to ascend to. Because anyhow (1) it gives us a dose of nature which we usually lack in the cities, (2) an opportunity to stretch our physical as well as psychological limits. But what makes a trek better over the others is, the scenery you...

For a very long period of time, I had this notion that the one who visit places is a traveler. And why on earth I would have thought otherwise? because this is what I had been taught as a child and this is what I had listened while growing up from all the people around. Fortunately, as I grew up...

It had been just three grueling km’s and I was prickling in the midst of this uncharted trail of humongous Himalaya.  As far as alpinism is concerned, I was not a tenderfoot. I crisscrossed Himalaya quite often. But that day was mortifying, I was short on breathe and nobody seemed to appear in the distant sight. While I was cursing...

Sir, It seems you are developing AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) symptoms. Before it takes over you, let me prepare you some homemade remedy to ease down your nauseousness. A guy, who was also the caretaker of the homestay I was staying in, had told me when I was laying on a bed in sheer inconvenience, totally uncertain whether I would...

I have spent seven years of my life, living in a single room apartment in the east side of Delhi. India Gate Delhi To say, within Delhi itself, there are plenty of places like Qutub Minar, Lotus temple, Red Fort, India Gate, Akshardham, Raj Ghat, Hauz Khas Village, and Jama Masjid, you can visit to calm down your travel addiction....