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The sensational dramatic essence of Ladakh has been much written off. This border district of Jammu and Kashmir has become an attractive destination not only for foreigners who throng to experience lived Buddhist culture, but also large number of middle class and upper class Indians. In most cases...
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So I visited Nagaland finally – have been talking about it for many months with my Naga friends. Given my excitement at finally visiting a place I longed for, the trip was quite short – less than a week. It wasn’t enough to see all the places but it was enough to get a flavour of life and culture in...
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When I was a kid I would watch television channels like Discovery or National Geographic and pine to travel just like the way smart and adventurous travellers in these channels did. I used to ask my Dad whether I would get to travel widely in my life and he would reply ‘yes, definitely’. After I...
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The colourful people of Sikkim and its global tourists give the city a cosmopolitan flavour. Looking at me from a corner of my desk is a gleaming Hotei (Laughing Buddha) that travelled with me from Gangtok, back to Kolkata. His mirthful eyes and cherry-blossom cheeks lift my spirits as I remember...
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After a day's rest, our sightseeing began with local tourist attraction of the RalangMonasteries (13 km from Ravangla), housing two monasteries of the Kagyupa sect ofBuddhism.
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It is a common saying that if you travel far enough, you will meet yourself. Thinking of a get away from the daily hustle and bustle of city life, then a travel to Sikkim in North East India may be an ideal vacation one can plan for a week. Come March end and we began planning for our annual family...
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