This personal essay was published in the international literary e-zine, The Hooghly Review, in August, 2024. https://www.thehooghlyreview.com/weekly-features/the-road-less-taken-by-urmi-chakravorty It was the summer of 1993. My husband…

This travel story was published on Borderless Journal in their June, 2024 edition. https://borderlessjournal.com/2024/06/14/a-story-carved-in-wood-snow-and-stone/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR07JDVszX-lrgPuQhRAFMDzXjDejkSkHsv1YxILEjyt6IhCQEpTjGN2-m8_aem_PSoiwhv6ky5bb2Xi8mZXZQ   As a traveller, I always try to zero in on…

This travelogue was published in Kitaab International in December, 2023. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can…

This travelogue was published in The Wise Owl, an international E-mag, in November, 2023. As an avid traveller, I have, forever, been allured by the…

Varkala, a small seaside town in Kerala, boasts of a pristine, languid  beach and a cliff overlooking the splendour of the Arabian Sea.  Our resort…

As a family, we have a special fondness for our friendly neighbourhood state of Kerala. While we have traversed the length and breadth of the…

When you want something real bad, the entire universe conspires to make it happen - this is a sentiment often tom-tommed in popular books and…

So I had stashed away the pictures of my visit to Landour (11 November, 2022) to make into a separate post, as I had fallen…

10 November, 2022 The mountains in New Tehri are dotted with clusters of pine, towering over the surroundings like silent sentinels, creating a green filigree…