About twenty-five kilometers from the town of Silchar in southern Assam, lie the ruins of one of the most powerful kingdoms of their times, the Kachari kingdom, also known as the Dimasa kingdom. Not much is known about the origin of the Kachari kingdom which was established in the thirteenth century and was finally annexed by the British in 1854 but …
Category: North east
What is the Best Time To visit North East India?
I have been asked about the best time to visit North East India or the North East as it is also referred to, more than once and every time my answer has been slightly different from the previous one. The reason being, even after being born, brought-up and lived there for over two decades of my …
A quick trip to Shillong and Cherrapunjee
Known as Scotland of the east, Shillong is one of the most beautiful and happening hill-stations in north-east India. I had crossed Shillong many times on my way home to Silchar (A glimpse of north-east India) but had never got a chance to actually visit this beautiful hill-station. However, that changed sometime back when I finally managed …
A glimpse of North East India
Before I come up with my next post on Chicago in continuation to the previous one In and around Chicago in pictures, let me show you a glimpse of the greenery of North-east India. Something similar to my last post The Silchar to Lumding train line. During the good old times when I was a student, I …
The Silchar to Lumding train line
Almost each and every part of India is now connected by train, more so are the major towns in every state. However, there are towns and cities in the North East which does not have this luxury, not as yet! There are routes which still operate the Meter Gauge (wiki) trains in the north-east and one such route is the Lumding – …