Outlook Traveller - October 2020

In this issue

This month's issue is your ticket to spectacular wildlife and breathtaking habitats. Show some love to the birds and beasts of India as we tell you where all the wilderness thrives. While an exciting safari and a trek await you in Karnataka and Kashmir, respectively, the varied hues of the Mojave Desert are perfect for an outdoor adventure. Here's Team OT bringing you the best from the wild side.

RIDE THE WIND

The quiet of the road, the sheer peace of mind and some quality ‘me time’. Here’s why you'll crave that solo bike ride more and more

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Eka Pada Galavasana: Flying Crow Pose

Also known as the Flying Pigeon Pose, this highly advanced asana is a part of ashtanga yoga in its third series. The idea isn’t to nail the pose as much as it is to enjoy the process. The sequence leads to the physical strengthening of the core, arms, and hips, along with an improvement in balance. The journey to the final asana sharpens mental focus and boosts confidence. If carpe diem was an asana, this would be it.

2 mins

BOUNCING Back

Karan Kaushik interviewed Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot about post-pandemic tourism guidelines in the state and the new tourism policy announced

3 mins

The Great Himalayan Recovery

Nestled comfortably in the lap of the Himalayas, Uttarakhand is where myth and history walk hand in hand. With rivers, ravines, and natural ecosystems, it ranks high on the mountainscapes list. Equal parts adventure and divinity, the state, less than two decades old, is heavily dependent on tourism, thanks to the favorable climate that it offers throughout the year.

3 mins

TRAILING Solo

I USED TO GO RUNNING EVERY evening at sunset from my lodge at Bandhavgarh to a village nearby. One evening, as I was walking back, I heard langur alarm calls. They were excited and frantic, and I knew what that meant—a big cat. After about 45 minutes, I saw something come out of the bushes, look at me, and charge. Almost instinctively, I jumped up and yelled back, and the leopard ran away. The female came out of the bushes next and simply walked away. I guess I won alpha-off.”

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WHERE THE WILDERNESS THRIVES

Answer the call of the wild as seasons transition and wildlife sanctuaries and national parks across the country open their gates for an escape in nature. Here is Team OT’s handy guide to spotting the rarest of the rare!

5 mins

THE WOODS CAME CALLING

People spend a lifetime envisioning the wildlife they’ll see on a safari. ROSHNI SUBRAMANIAN with ‘no hopes attached’ recalls her maiden voyage into the wild

7 mins

ON THE other SIDE

Mountains and valleys, pirs and pandits, turquoise lakes and the great Himalaya. The sounds of Kashmir have finally come to life.

7 mins

What's Hot In The Food World?

Global Adventures For The Desi Palate

2 mins

Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains

ON AN UNSEASONABLY WARM October morning in Delhi that made me pine for the jungle encrusted hills of the northeast, I received a Facebook message from a British journalist and travel writer, Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent. Antonia was planning to travel through Nagaland and wanted to make a stop at the Tzu Valley, where I worked with local communities on a conservation project. I was intrigued when she mentioned she had written a book on her motorbike journey through Arunachal Pradesh—a land lately forgotten by the outside world, still bewilderingly wild and peopled by tribes with fascinating cultural and folkloric traditions, beliefs, and practices. Whose origins remain shrouded in mystery.

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