Hornbill festival- from Chain Reaction
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 02, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. III on 15. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
Nagaland has always been touted as the Land Of Festivals…and now they have a brand new catch phrase – “Festival Of Festivals” as the state machinery referred to the annual Hornbill Festival held from 1st to 7th December. The Hornbill Festival, held at the Kisama Heritage Village, certainly is a fest for the eyes [...]
Thunder On The Hills
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Issue 01, Issue 01, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. III on 01. Jan, 2012 | 1 Comment
Text: Shahwar Hussain Photographs: Anuj Singh It is still not the height of summer but already the heat is unbearable in the plains and more so in Delhi, what with its concrete jungle and smog. I was itching to take a trip to the hills to enjoy the sights and the winding roads. But to [...]
Rockbee Story
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 23, Issues, SeeNEw, Vol. II on 01. Dec, 2011 | 2 Comments
Many moons ago when the forest had an abundance of wild animals and the trees grew thick and tall, Thrungsanwu and a few friends went to the forest on a hunt. As is the practice, the hunters spread out to cover more ground. They had ventured into some virgin forest where no hunter had gone [...]
Singapore- A visitor’s guide
Posted by Sankhya Samhita in Issue 23, Issue 23, Issues, SeeNEw, Vol. II on 01. Dec, 2011 | 1 Comment
Before you start reading this, I should probably warn you that this is *not* a traveler’s guide. No, Sir. If you wish to read a traveler’s guide you should befriend our very dear Google. There isn’t much about Singapore that isn’t already floating about in the whole world wide web, so I don’t really want [...]
The Buddha Smiled- The story continues east
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Issue 21, Issues, SeeNEw, Vol. II on 01. Nov, 2011 | 2 Comments
Fried Eye note- You can read the other episodes of Shahwar’s Chain Reaction here . The man in the trench coat with the weather beaten face was oblivious to the gaze of over a hundred pairs of eyes fixed on him. The well worn trench coat seemed a little out of place in mid February, [...]
Twilight Zone- The travel story continues…
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 19, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Oct, 2011 | 1 Comment
Once upon a time… Shahwar Hussain and his riding buddies were lured by the natural beauty of Meghalaya and the wildlife of Assam… and so the story continued… Words and pics :Shahwar Hussain The helmet can be a furnace at times and years of riding long distances have resulted in a fried brain. And a [...]
Paas Phuron of Assam Tourism
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issue 18, Issues, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
Have you heard about tempering? Yes, tempering! As in tempering dal, curries etc – not to be confused with “tampering” which is of course another matter. Now, you must be wondering what are the words- tempering, dal, and curry doing in a travel article, words which are basically culinary terms? Let me explain – In Fried [...]
A Gun For Robinson Crusoe- The story continues…
Posted by Shahwar Hussain in Chain Reaction, Cover Story, Issue 17, Issues, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Sep, 2011 | 3 Comments
This the second part of Shahwar Hussain’s motorcycle travel through North East India. Text and Pics : Shahwar Hussain “It is going to rain early this year” said Lehlu, a farmer who sells vegetables at the Kohima market. I looked towards the sky and there was not a whiff of cloud on it…clear blue sky. [...]
Paranormal tourism and the North East
Posted by Fried Eye Research Team in Issue 16, Issues, SeeNEw, Vol. II on 15. Aug, 2011 | 2 Comments
Please! Please! Please! Don’t google! We are not sure if there is such a term as this, but that is something we the researchers coined for our article today. And if you are curious what exactly is that then you just have to continue reading this. These days we are witnessing a tourism boom in [...]
Lonely traveler in a crowded planet
Posted by Sikha Pathak in Issue 14, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 15. Jul, 2011 | 2 Comments
Fried Eye says- Mizoram has made us proud as a rising state. Not only has it a success story in the Mizo Accord, it also has a high literacy rate, a distinction of being a dry state and an anti tobacco laws. Our focus this monsoon is on Aizawl and our Jajabor, Sikha Pathak makes [...]
Shillong
Posted by Vidhu Priya Bhadgal in Issue 09, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. May, 2011 | 0 Comments
Travel. As Huxley famously said, “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries”. Shillong. Just the bare thought makes me smile. With sobriquets like “Scotland of the East”, “Abode of Clouds”, and “Garden of Eden”, Shillong is a treat for both imagination and the senses. The air filled with its own [...]
Jon Beel Mela: My Virtual Journey
Posted by Tinam Borah in Issue 03, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. II on 01. Feb, 2011 | 0 Comments
(Photo Courtesy: Anjan Barua) It had been a while since I had last signed in to check my mail, and when I did so after a gap of 3 days, no doubt, I found my mail box stashed with 15 or so unread messages. As I opened the first mail, my screen seemed to be [...]
Clean Village Mawlynnong and Border Town Dawki
Posted by Satyakam Dutta in Issue 21, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. I on 01. Nov, 2010 | 5 Comments
My first trip after coming to Shillong, Meghalaya was to Mawlynnong and Dawki. It was the month of September and the climate had been wet but had become cooler. Let me first write a few lines about both these places. Mawlynnong is widely regarded as the cleanest village in Asia. However, many people have apprehensions [...]
Cherrapunjee, the land of the Rain God
Posted by Satyakam Dutta in Issue 20, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. I on 15. Oct, 2010 | 2 Comments
From the moment I had stepped on the soils of Meghalaya, I was anxious to visit the land which had the unique distinction of being the wettest land in the world – Cherrapunjee. The opportunity to go there did not take too long to come by. Cherrapunjee is a hill station which lie on a [...]
The Ambubachi Mela – When the goddess beckons…
Posted by Joydeep Hazarika in Issue 15, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. I on 01. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
June is not exactly the perfect time to visit Guwahati. It is the rainy season which sees the mighty Brahmaputra in its full fury.
In Biswanath Chariali, the temple town
Posted by Ajatashatru in Issue 8, Issues, Sections, SeeNEw, Type 2, Vol. I on 15. Apr, 2010 | 3 Comments
(… continued from In Tezpur, the City of Love) The next thing we saw in Tezpur was the Harjara Pukhuri (tank). It is believed to have been constructed by King Harjjar Varma of the
