One of the things that come with staying in a small town is that there aren’t many direct flights to most parts of the country. Whenever I am flying out somewhere from Silchar and not from Guwahati, I get this reality check. The same happened this time too when we were coming back from a …
Weekend Drive To Bhuban Pahar and Around
Thanks to the lockdown, a bunch of us, childhood friends have been getting frequent chances to go out and explore the surroundings. While most of our trips in the past weeks and months have essentially been aimless wanderings, once in a while, we also have some destination in mind. At least vaguely. Just like we …
Stuck at a remote corner of North East India, again!
It had been a wonderful trip so far, to one of the remotest and off-beat parts of Arunachal Pradesh. We had just crossed the Gorsham stupa on our way back to Tawang from Zimithang, barely a few kilometers from the Indo – China border, when I first felt it. First, a slight wobble, which I …
Drive to the Chandubi Lake
A Fun-filled Weekend Trip
I had just come back from a two-week trip to Nagaland, Manipur, Majuli & Kaziranga National Park as part of work but it had been a while since we, me and Ruchi, went out anywhere for a trip. So, a trip, even if small, was long overdue. But due to the usual year-end issues, leaves were an …
Inner Line Permit (ILP) For Assam
A temporary ILP-like arrangement will soon be implemented by the Assam government, said the state health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma. The process will be in place to impose restrictions and keep track of people who are expected to return in large numbers after the country-wide lockdown is supposed to end on 14th April. Unlike the …