Published Work

For a selection of the best travel stories, visit Neelima's Portfolio
Full list of major stories published below.

Published Articles:

BBC Travel
India’s forgotten African tribe [Story about Siddi people, August 2016]
The abandoned mansions of billionaires [Photostory about Shekhawati havelis, March 2016]
A frozen highway to an ancient kingdom [Photostory about Chadar walk, February 2016]
Hunting blue Yeti of Bhutan [Story about the rare Himalayan Blue Poppy, August 2015]
India’s mysterious glowing forests [Story about Spiti's mummified monk, July 2015]
A 500-year-old mummy - with teeth [Story about Western Ghats' bioluminescent forests, August 2015]
India’s amazing living root bridges [Photostory on Meghalaya's root bridges, April 2015]
India’s last surviving headhunters [Photostory, September 2014]

National Geographic Traveller India
Mountain Getaway: The Magic Of Jibhi, Himachal Pradesh [February 2016]
Chitwan National Park: Walking With Pythons and Rhinos in the Wild [February 2016]
Coastal Karnataka: Forest Trails, Temple Ruins and Luscious Mangalorean Food [August 2015]
The kids are alright: Hiking Kerala's Chembra peak [April 2015]
The Other side of Goa : A Biking Expedition [September 2014]
Living Legacy : Living Root Bridges & Mist Laden Falls of Khasi Hills in Meghalaya [August 2014 ]
Off the Grid : Long Island, a remote island in the Andaman[January 2014]
Between the Lines : Nagaland - A Story of a Village shared between India and Myanmar [October 2013]
Sand Trails - Trekking along Karnataka's West Coast [June 2013]
Pushing the Limits - Story on Cycling in the Nilgiris [April 2013]
Just Deserts - A desert trek through the Thar [January 2013]

Travel + Leisure India & South Asia
Mechuka, The Ladakh Of The East - 4 page feature [October 2015]
Kumaon, a forgotten valley - 6 page feature on Someshwar valley [August 2015]
A slice of heaven - 6 page feature story on Bhutan [March 2015]
Rolling deep in Macau - 8 page feature on Hongkong’s not so distant cousin [January 2015]
Unfiltered Chikmagalur - 6 page Feature story on natural beauty of Chikmagalur [November 2014]
It's not all about the Tiger - 8 page Feature story on Kanha National Park [October 2014]
Surreal Spiti - 8 page feature story on Ladakh's lesser known cousin Spiti [September 2014]
Island Fever -
8 page Feature story on Andaman Islands [August 2014]

Indian Express
Picking up speed on the snow covered slopes of Switzerland [March 2016]
Roskilde, an old Viking settlement west of Copenhagen [January 2016]
Tiger sighting: An encounter in the woods in BR Hills [December 2015]
Walking on Thin Ice of Frozen Zanskar River [April 2014]

Mint
Christiania: Denmark's hippie idyll in the heart of Copenhagen[Jan 2016]

Discover India
Ladakh Beyond Leh [June 2013]

The Hindu
Barefoot in Vellagavi [Remote village where no one wears footwear]

The New Indian Express
A forgotten paradise [Andaman's dilemma on whom to save, people or paradise]

Greenpeace
I published 7 articles + 3 Photoessays covering the Maharashtra drought for Greenpeace. You can find all the posts here - Maharashtra's Drought Stories

Expedia
The Insta Guide to India - Ladakh

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