Travel

On a rainy afternoon, as I was lazing around and flicking through a travel magazine, I suddenly came across an article on the pristine beaches of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Within seconds, I remembered the wonderful…

Did you know that the tourism industry is one of the world’s largest industries and in 2014 it contributed about 7.6 trillion USD to the world economy? But why do people travel? Let us take a look at some of the reasons why. 1. To widen…

"Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time." Being a tourist is one thing, being a responsible tourist is another. A trip is all about an experience and creating memories, but there is more to…

It was in the month of October in 2010, when we decided to visit North Sikkim. Our main target was to reach the Gurudongmar Lake, situated at an altitude of 17,800ft (5,136 m). Travel to Gurudongmar Lake is generally arranged by the tour…

One of the reasons why Orissa has always been on our travel bucket list is Olive Ridley turtles- beautiful sea turtles with a green- olive shell from where they get their name. We had read up and heard a lot about the phenomenon where…

Travelling is happiness; it is about exploring, about knowledge, about an individual's co-existence with the surrounding world, about nature, about society and of course taking responsibility to preserve nature so that the…

 Office conferences are mostly mundane but the one we had last February, was different. The site was Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh. Known for its Royal Bengal tigers (about 54 at the last count) and the setting for Rudyard…

It was the ‘spring festival’ day offs in our offices in March 2015 (March 5- March 8) and we, a group of 5, thought of taking a short trip amidst the forests of North Bengal which is commonly referred to as the Dooars. A little bit of…