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    You Must Visit These Three Villages in the Vicinity of Leh

    April 1, 2024 - By 

    Leh was the capital of Ladakh back in the day when the Himalayan kingdom was a crucial stopover for traders traveling between India, Tibet, and China. While Leh, the town itself has several fascinating experiences to offer, when you move slightly away from the main town to what you’d, in city dwellers’, terms call the outskirts or downtown, you are greeted with little hamlets, each of which might have a story to tell. Amongst the many villages you can visit, we feel you just mustn’t miss these three – Matho Somewhere along the foothills of Matho Kangri, in the mouth…

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    Srinagar: The Secrets of Heaven-on-Earth and Where To Find Them

    March 22, 2023 - By 

    Kashmir, in the northernmost part of India, is an ideal destination for travel during the summer months. As the snow melts in the lower regions, the distant mountain peaks continue to wear their snow-capped coats. On the one hand, you have a lush green landscape, blooming flowers, and gushing streams of Srinagar to mesmerize you; on the other is a little-known tradition tirelessly preserved by households from a small village on the outskirts of Srinagar who migrated to the old quarters of the city for better livelihood opportunities. In this article, we present to you three reasons to visit Srinagar…

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    Ladakh: On the Snow Leopard Trail

    January 15, 2018 - By 

    I flew into Leh, the capital of Ladakh in the last week of November when winter’s chill had set in.  The Indus river snaked its way across the sleepy town, and the Zanskar range created a jagged horizon against picture perfect skies.After a couple of days’ acclimatization to Leh’s altitude of 13,500 ft above mean sea level, we set off northwestwards for Ulley – our destination to track the elusive snow leopard.On our three hour drive through the Leh valley towards the ridges, we came across many

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    When Two Souls Meet: Music from the Mountains of The Indian Subcontinent

    October 8, 2014 - By 

    “Only when you drink from the river of silence, shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain-top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.” – Khalil Gibran Music Makes Us Smile! In the far reaches of Ladakh’s outdoors, one hears…the Indus and the Zanskar dribbling over pebbly riverbeds, the wind whisper and howl alternatively through the crevices in the Transhimalaya, and the bird song. Soft, incessant tweets that rent the air with symphonies so sweet, they move grown men to tears. But if you move…