When the River Slows the City — An Explorer’s Evening Experience Along the Brahmaputra Riverfront, Guwahati As daylight withdraws gently from Guwahati and the sky begins its slow transformation into layered hues of amber, violet, and indigo, the Brahmaputra Riverfront emerges as the city’s most contemplative space. This is not merely an evening promenade or […]
Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra (Guwahati): Cultural Complex for Art & Identity Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra — An Explorer’s Passage Through Assam’s Living Cultural Identity To understand Assam only through its rivers, forests, and temples is to encounter its physical presence; to understand it through Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra is to encounter its soul. Situated in Guwahati, this expansive […]
Interpreting the Cultural Memory of the Brahmaputra Valley Assam State Museum & Heritage Stops — An Explorer’s Guide to the Material History of the Northeast To explore Assam only through landscapes is to see half its truth. The other half rests quietly within museums, archives, monuments, and heritage precincts where time has been patiently preserved. […]
Umananda Island (Peacock Island): Temple on the River Umananda Island: Where the Brahmaputra Holds a Temple — An Explorer’s Journey to the Sacred River-Island of Guwahati In the very heart of the mighty Brahmaputra River, where the vast waters slow their restless flow and the skyline of Guwahati appears distant and subdued, rises a small […]
Kamakhya Temple (Nilachal Hill, Guwahati): Sacred Power-Spot of the Northeast Kamakhya Temple: Where the Earth Breathes Shakti — Exploring the Sacred Power-Spot of Northeast India Rising above the southern banks of the Brahmaputra River, Nilachal Hill is not merely a geographical elevation; it is a metaphysical summit where faith, earth, water, and feminine cosmic energy […]
Guwahati: The Brahmaputra Gateway City — Where Ancient Faith, River Civilisation, and Modern Northeast Converge Standing at the threshold of Northeast India, Guwahati is not merely a city—it is a living corridor between the Indian plains and the mystical highlands beyond. As an explorer approaching Assam for the first time, one realises that Guwahati is […]
Bankura is a district where Bengal reveals its most grounded and enduring identity. Far removed from colonial grandeur and urban spectacle, Bankura embodies the rural heart of western Bengal—an expansive land of laterite soil, terracotta temples, folk crafts, forested hills, and age-old village rhythms. Situated between the plains of central Bengal and the undulating edge […]
Purulia is a land where the earth itself speaks in shades of red, where rocky hills rise gently from ancient plateaus, and where folk traditions are not preserved in museums but lived daily by its people. Located in the westernmost part of West Bengal, Purulia represents a dramatic geographical and cultural contrast to the riverine […]
Malda is not merely a district of northern West Bengal; it is a palimpsest of civilizations shaped by mighty rivers, imperial ambitions, and mercantile brilliance. To journey through Malda is to walk along vanished capitals, crumbling mosques, and riverbanks that once carried the wealth of Bengal to distant lands. This article approaches Malda as an […]
Some towns announce their importance through sheer scale, others through relentless modernity. Cooch Behar speaks in a quieter yet far more enduring voice — the voice of continuity. Nestled in the northern plains of West Bengal, close to the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, Cooch Behar is a rare example of a palace town where […]