Balihang Tongnam is a festival celebrated by the Limbu (Limboo) community. Since childhood, I was fascinated by religious mythologies and stories. Hence, after a nice cup of evening tea, we sat with [Read more...]
The Limbu community in Sikkim is a community of the first inhabitant tribes in the state. Now they have a population of around sixty-five thousand people. The first Limbus came to Sikkim and settled [Read more...]
What are the first things that come to your mind when someone says “Wild Life”? Tigers and other animals or perhaps the greenery, isn’t it? Around 25% of people who were [Read more...]
GoingWild and Kolkata Bloggers, while brainstorming, just clubbing the concepts of a birding trek and a blogging workshop together to check if people would like it. And the result is amazing! Thus [Read more...]
If you are planning your next Sikkim tour, I would strongly recommend you to try paragliding in Gangtok. For young travellers, adventure allures. I'd be honest, the first reason why I loved Sikkim was [Read more...]
“Going to Gangtok? We have made the ropeways there. Meet the people and avail the services. It is beautiful!”. “Okay Mr. Chamaria, I would”, I murmured over the phone thinking to myself, how would the [Read more...]
If the Almighty restricts you from something, always know for a fact that something better awaits. I kept asking God, “What’s up? Why did you stop my North Sikkim trip? What would I do in Gangtok the [Read more...]
I've never been the beach guy ever ! During the sultry Kolkata summers, I prefer staying indoors testing my AC's ability to keep the temperatures as low as 16 degrees, if not lower. So [Read more...]
The Tibetan dance “Cham” is quite familiar with people fascinated by the ever varying Indian culture. However, very few resources in English exist on the internet. Having got the slightest hint of [Read more...]