When we visit the Valley of flowers in July August, it is like stepping into a surreal and magical world. For as far as our eyes can see, the valley […]

  I dreamt I had gone back to Chakrata (With apologies to Daphne Du Maurier). The mere thought of Chakrata fills me with a wistful longing to go back in […]

Although I do not hail from the charming little town of Charlottesville, Virginia, I have spent the greater part of the last three years there, studying at the University of […]

On my  two and half hour journey from Pathankot to Mcleodganj, the taxi driver regaled me with the interesting history of our destination, Dharamshala. The road, beautifully bordered with coniferous trees […]

“I will lift mine eyes unto the Hills from whence cometh my help.”   I traced the words inscribed on the stone memorial. Beyond the white monument to the late […]