SALE CLOSED! Thank you for the great response, as always. 2019 Desktop Calendar featuring 12 images from India that very few know about! India's dizzying array of wild flowers, forgotten meadows, roaring waterfalls, hidden viewpoints are the least of pretty things that feature in the 2019's desktop calendar. Like every year in the recent past, I'm releasing a new desktop calendar to add...

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Kumbhalgarh Fort at dusk I’m sitting inside my room situated over the fort rampart and I can see a live cannon to the right from my window. Below the fort, I see a patchwork of sandstone slabs and mud-roofed houses spread in front of me, beyond which an endless expanse of a flat, parched land specked with nominal green shrubbery extends till the...

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My face contorted with a bitter realisation and a shriek escaped me as mixed emotions of ickiness and regret washed over me. It was a beautiful summer evening in the Danish countryside with silver waters of a lake adjoining the trail and beautiful Beech trees that soared above me in the dense woods. But a crackling noise from under my feet made me...

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Pianemo Viewpoint, Raja Ampat Islands In the age of exaggeration, it is rather hard to explain the transcendent beauty of Raja Ampat islands in our current parlance without sacrificing the intended effect. But let’s just pretend for a minute we are back in times where superlatives were reserved for something truly special, rare and extraordinary. Now read this – Raja Ampat is a...

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I stood at the edge of the pier tightly clutching the lifejacket wrapped around my body, debating whether I should jump into the sea or not. My boatman who doubled up as a guide was already in the water, waiting for me to jump in. Now I cannot swim and the waters looked frighteningly deep. But would it have been wise to miss...

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Moonrise over the many glacial streams that feed Tso Moriri Sitting alone in silence on a mound overlooking the staggering blue waters of Tso Moriri, while the cold mountain winds froze my face in the searing afternoon heat of high altitude, it felt like life came full circle. Five years before this moment, I was standing at that very same spot where the...

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Of late, I’ve been feeling insanely selfish and protective of many of the places I’ve been fortunate enough to visit over the past few years. Stunning locations that are close to my heart, mountains that showed me the life-saving power of wilderness, places where I’ve made warm memories and close friends. Places that are now slowly being dragged out of the safety of...

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"In the spirit of keeping travel blogging real, here is my account how much our trip  sucked and some tips if you plan to travel here." { East Sikkim's 93-hairpin bend road above Zuluk } The vertigo-inducing view of hundred-odd hairpin bends from somewhere in east Sikkim burst onto the scene few years ago out of the blue. Quick Google searches followed and...

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SOLD OUT! Thank you! 2018 Desktop Calendar featuring a collection of 12 images of Himalayas from India and Nepal in Color. The thing is, I have loved creating these calendars the past few years but it is way too much work and I've been really busy the last few months. So I dropped the idea of a calendar for 2018. But many of...

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{ Rammang Rammang Forest Area in South Sulawesi, Indonesia }  A bad habit I picked up of late has been paying off greatly in a surprising turn of events. I’ve had a case of bad travel fatigue over the past two years and unlike before, I’ve stopped researching about wherever I’m travelling to. Given I’ve mostly been travelling on assignment or with friends...

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{ Pechiparai Reservoir from a dam built over Kodayar River in Kanyakumari district } Imagine sitting by a serene lake reflecting a deeply satisfying green instead of the blues we are so used to. Mist-laden evergreen forests surround the lake, lending the lake its color. The only sound apart from swooshing of wind and rustling leaves is that of distant birdcalls. Occasionally, a...

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