Author: Saurav Mehra

Established in 1854, Happy Valley Tea Estate is the second-oldest tea garden in Darjeeling and,…

In a country where temples to Krishna and the Pandavas are everywhere, one remote Garhwal…

For decades, Galwan Valley existed only in Indian consciousness as a remote stretch of the…

While most of India is still fast asleep, a small meadow near the India-China-Myanmar trijunction…

Split across two districts and stretching from lowland forest to snow-brushed passes near the China…

Temperatures at Death Valley have climbed past 56°C in recorded history, making it the hottest…

Until fairly recently, reaching Panchachuli Base Camp deep inside Darma Valley meant committing to a…

Just a four-kilometre trek above Malana village — itself one of the Parvati Valley’s most…

Four of the five Panch Kedar temples close each winter under heavy Himalayan snow —…

Few valleys in India border quite as much contested and remote geography at once as…