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Let Your Next Holiday Be in an Authentic Village Home. Check Out These...
Running to the hills every time the drudgery of city life gets under your skin is ideal. But if really want to shut out the noise, try spending a weekend getting a first-hand experience of the village...
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Have a Look! This Forgotten Village Near Kargil Has an Unusual Museum of...
A dusty, nondescript village nestled amidst the craggy peaks of Kargil, Hunderman has seen much over the centuries. Once an outpost on the historic Silk Route, the strategically-sensitive Himalayan...
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In The Whistling Village of Meghalaya, Every Child Has a ‘Unique Lullaby ID’!
In most ways, Kongthong resembles countless other villages nestled in the lushly-forested East khasi Hills of Meghalaya. Dotted by quaint huts and farms fringed with betelnut trees, this tiny hamlet is...
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TBI Travel: Purushwadi – Living the Tribal Life
Gangadharan Menon visits Purushwadi, a tribal village in Maharashtra, and discovers its many paradoxes while celebrating Holi with them. Experience with him the joys of living a tribal village life,...
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TBI Change-makers: Dr. Ram Kataria – The Man Who Created The Gandhians Farm
Dr. Ram Kataria has dedicated 12 years of his life in converting a barren patch of land in the parched interiors of Maharashtra into an oasis using innovative and indigenous methods of conservation and...
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In Photos: The Resplendent Colours Of Spring In A Himalayan Village
Kalap is a tiny hamlet in the upper Garhwal Himayalas along the valley of River Supin close to the popular trekking destinations of Har-Ki-Doon and Kedarkantha. Untouched and unexplored, it offers a...
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Want to See the Heart of India? Here Are 5 Must-Visit Indian Villages to Add...
The soul, heart, and beauty of India can be found in many rural parts of the country. Away from the hustle and bustle of modernization, the villages of this nation proudly preserve its customs and...
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This 30-Year-Old Quit a Job in Dubai & Is Now Helping a Gujarat Village Earn...
A village, located near a famous attraction in Gujarat, was not being able to capitalize on the tourist footfall there. But thanks to Ankush Jindal, the villagers are now beginning to gain employment...
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Himalayan Hideaway: Why Tirthan Valley Is Himachal’s Best Kept Secret
The American poet Ralph Emerson once said: “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Perched at an altitude of over 1600 meters above sea level, the...
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How Mothers in Ladakhi Villages Are Earning by Renting out Rooms in Their...
FarmStays Ladakh is an interesting initiative involving mothers and other middle-aged women in Ladakhi villages who rent out rooms in their homes to tourists. This is how it works. “Half of the...
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#Travel Tales: Why A Trip to Nako, Tabo and Kaza is the Best Himalayan...
Years ago, Rudyard Kipling described his visit to Spiti thus: “At last entered a world within a world – a valley of leagues where the high hills were fashioned of the mere rubble and refuse from off...
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Holidaying with Nature: This Organisation Lets You Live and Learn on Organic...
The new buzz word in the world of travel, voluntourism is a concept that aims to combine people’s wanderlust with their desire to make a difference. India has several voluntourism organisations that...
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#TravelTales: Did You Know That It Snows in South India? Yes, in Just This...
There are few more refreshing Andhra moments than boarding a bus in the heat-soaked plains and disembarking in the sharp pinch of a Lambasingi night or morning. This misty hill station, located at an...
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TBI Blogs: Want A Vacation That Takes You Back to the Roots and Transforms...
With its amazing diversity and variety, India is a tourism hotspot and sought after travel destinations for travellers from all across the world. Capitalising on this, and the growth and potential of...
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The Gunehar Experiment: How a Remote Himalayan Hamlet Was Transformed into a...
“The future of India lies in its villages.” – Mahatma Gandhi There is nothing extraordinary about Gunehar, a tiny hamlet nestled snugly in the Kangra Valley of Himachal Pradesh (a five-hour drive from...
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#TravelTales: Move over Prague! India’s First Heritage Village of Pragpur...
The scenic Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh is no stranger to heritage and history. In fact, it even lends its name to a mid-18th century school of miniature painting. It is also home to Pragpur, a...
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TBI Blogs: Your Next Vacation Can Help Promote India’s Arts & Crafts and...
India has a rich history and heritage of arts & crafts from different regions, and a growing tourism industry. Combining the two can help empower livelihoods in rural India while giving India’s...
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TBI Blogs: 5 Important Lessons of Life That Travelling Through India’s...
70 % of India’s population still lives in rural villages. However, for all the amenities provided by urbanisation and modernisation, rural India can still teach urban India a thing or two about how to...
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Like Many, I Was Wary of Visiting Bastar. One Trip There Changed My View...
Bastar district in Chhattisgarh is home to some of the most unique tribal culture in India. However, the Naxalite activity around the borders of the state makes people wary of travelling there....
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‘Father of Agritourism’ Helps Over 600 Farmers Earn Rs 58 Crore; Here’s How
“India is not Calcutta and Bombay; India lives in her seven hundred thousand villages.” While this was a statement made by M K Gandhi almost half a century ago, it holds even today with India’s...
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‘Money Grows on Trees’: Engineer Earns Rs 1 Crore with Sustainable Treehouse...
Rahul Koppula, a 27-year-old engineering graduate, grew up in a small village called Nirmal in Telangana. In the midst of his course, Rahul realised that engineering is not the field for him. He...
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