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Weekend Getaways

Where rural meets urban

A day at Hinterland Ecostays Your brown girl has often talked about growing up in a small town in India. What your brown girl hasn’t spoken yet is about her stints with rural India. Yep! Growing up, my summer vacations were only about going to our village where my dad’s family lived (still do). It […]

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Gujarat

Rann of Kutch

vast, empty, white, mysterious! And like Amitabh Bachchan ji said “Kutch nahi dekha toh kuch nai dekha” Kutch means “that which intermittently becomes wet and dry”. Geographically, Kutch is a district in the state of Gujarat and is best known for the Rann which forms the northern perimeter of the district and also shares a […]

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Goa India Travelogues

GOA – 2023 edition

After ~8 years, an unplanned trip to witness the magical Goan monsoon. Goa during monsoon hits different. The rains wash away all the dust, the rice paddies and verdant forest cover look ethereal. The rivers, lakes, ponds, lagoons, are all brimming and the waterfalls are roaring with gorgeousness. It’s truly magical. Back in what seems like […]