Bastar Dushera
Written for Chhattisgarh Tourism, this coffee table book explores the history, significance, current ambience and seasoning of different days of the Jagdalpur Dushera in Chhattisgarh. The festival is held in October, overlapping with the Navratris as a run up to the end of the festival, but is not connected to the usual legend of Lord Ram’s […]
Work, Sing & Love Together
Earlier this year, Homi Adajania’s misplaced tribute to women making their own choices didn’t quite get the stamp of approval from everyone. It fell somewhere between patronizing and superficial! One didn’t feel the need to hear it from a Bollywood diva swishing her hair to a gripping soundtrack, interjected by rapid visuals of women from […]
Pocket Bastar
Pocket Bastar: One of the most untreaded states of India, it was a delight to author the Bastar book for Lonely Planet. The region offers a riveting melange of dense forests, tribal culture and history. Even though the region is now fragmented by district boundaries of Kanker, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Dantewada, Jagdalpur, Sukma and Bijapur, together […]
Tribal Culture Chhattisgarh
Tribal Culture Chhattisgarh: In Chhattisgarh, step back a few hundred years – in the land of some of the most fabled, ancient, unique and more importantly, proudest, tribes of India. Reticent, as they are, the tribes of Chhattisgarh have stirred the interest of many travellers in the region. Veer off the main tourist circuits to […]