The Ankadeli market arrived soon and we could hear it long before we reached there. Blaring horns, gaggle of voices and excited shrill laughter rose above the d...
Jaypore turned out to be a pleasant surprise. One of the oldest and most prominent cities of Odisha, it is tucked away in the Eastern Ghats and has a rich royal...
The Dunguriya village was tucked away in the heart of Niyamgiri hills and clusters of huts clung to its gentle slopes. Clean swept dirt alleys lead inside the v...
Chatikona market of the Dunguriya people was in full swing when we arrived. I walked around with Sarat, took in the lovely happy sights, and watched in amazemen...
My offbeat tribal Odisha trail started with the Chatikona market. Well, actually, the journey started off in Rayagada and the highlight was the weekly market. I...
"A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it." - John Steinbeck. And that is exactly how I stumbled upon the least travel...
Odisha is our neighbouring state and I have visited it a zillion times since childhood. Having hailed from Calcutta, during my growing up years, school trips, b...
Havelock Island of Andaman and Nicobar group of islands has been developing fast in recent years. A huge surge of domestic tourists have changed the landscape o...
When we told our friends in Germany that we were going to Havelock Island in India for a vacation, there was a universal guttural "Was! Was ist das?" from every...
As I mentioned in my last post, most of our friends in Germany gave a big "WAS!" when we mentioned Havelock Island to be our spring vacation destination. It is ...
