Author Archives: appa

The Hornbill Festival of Nagaland

Join us for the Hornbill Festival in Nagaland, a wonderful, once-in-a-lifetime experience! The festival brings together 16 major tribes of Nagaland for festivities in the first week of December each year. The tribes get together to participate in dance and sport, and to share their craft and culture with each other and with the visitors. […]
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Golfing in Upper Assam

Here’s a tongue twister, say this fast: “Tee-time in ten tea spots”. Read on if you could do that! The Tinsukia District of Upper Assam is a beautiful part of the country, dotted with numerous tea gardens and golf-courses. I have put together a map showing the ten best known golf-courses (some housed in tea-estates) […]
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A weekend trip to Amritsar

Though I had been in Chandigarh for 6 months, I had not travelled much within Punjab. The pull of the hills had been strong, and I had used every free weekend to travel to places in Himachal Pradesh.  However, with parents visiting and my traveller mom already having been to Shimla and Manali, we decided […]
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Orchid-tripping in North East India

“The scent of orchids perfumes the wings of a butterfly” – Basho The orchid is a surprising flower. Orchids are delicate in care and hardy in the wild. Orchids are known for their heady, sensuous scent, and yet some orchids smell like a fish-market or like rotting flesh. Orchids are lovely flowers, often found in […]
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