Nagaland
World Indigenous People’s Day: Why I Will Not Visit Hornbill Festival Again
It’s the International Day for the World’s Indigenous People today. The sudden burst of portraits of people of various tribes from across the world on my Instagram feed today were all celebrating the World Indigenous People’s Day but very few…
My Journey from Khonoma to Dzuleke, Nagaland
For some context, read: “Why I Left Khonoma Earlier Than Planned”. I was up the entire night trying to drown the house dog’s cries in the background, focusing on my great escape. I had told my host I would be…
Khonoma, Asia’s First “Green Village”: Why I Left Earlier than Planned
I tossed and turned on the bed at my homestay in Khonoma and finally sat upright. Just the previous morning I had hitched a ride from Kigwema to Kohima, spent hours in search of a bus headed to Khonoma that…
Hornbill Festival, Nagaland: The Complete Travel Guide
Nagaland. The moment I said these words out loud, I was bombarded with a string of words I did not appreciate- ‘insurgency’, ‘headhunting’, ‘uncivilized’, ‘unsafe’, ‘WILD’. I was baffled at how oblivious mainland India can be to areas far away…
