Contrary to popular belief, Assam is actually not only teeming with insurgents and tribals. There are a group of people who have a different association with Assam and swear by it - the lovers of tea. The life long tea drinkers who can smell the difference between a darjeeling, assam or south indian brew. In their hearts, Assam holds a fond place for its tea is considered to produce one of the world’s finest liquor. Assam’s landscape would be incomplete without miles of tea bushes - its own green gold. The Tea Industry in Assam is symbolic of a different era, a different set of people and a completely unique culture and lifestyle. As soon as you enter through the gates of a tea estate,one has literally left present day and is transported to the colonial ... read more

Holidays are a getaway from one’s world of work, making a living and surviving through the day-to-day squabbles with nature. Travel to unknown destinations means that you switch off your mind - “let your hair down”. Mine was a similar endeavour - to come back home to Guwahati and go to a place that I had wanted to visit with my family. Little did I know that this would be far from just a getaway, that it would become one of the most astounding visual journeys of my life! The trip to Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh was a final product of a two- yearlong venture. It had been discussed in many a) dinner table conversations and get-togethers in the Bordoloi and the Gokhale households - “we should go to Tawang and “October is the best time” ... read more