Extreme Journeys, Off-Roading Adventures, and a Day’s Work for Nidhi Salgame
Founder of an offbeat and expeditionary travel community, Nidhi Salgame exemplifies the idea of courage, fearlessness and the spirit of adventure.
Tag: adventure
When Everyone in the Family Has a Different Definition of Adventure
What is adventure? Can it be as much about going outwards as going within?
Freedom, Risk, Love: The Fierce Life of Feminist Economist Devaki Jain
Book review of ‘The Brass Notebook’, the no-holds barred intimate and political memoir of feminist economist and academician Devaki Jain
This Retired Professor from Jaipur Has Travelled to 76 Countries, Mostly Solo!
Retired University professor Neeru Saluja can’t get enough of travelling around the globe, and the wanderlust is just growing with age.
Why 4 Intrepid Women Set Off on a Daring Ride Across 6 Countries
For 56 days, four Indian women rode their motorbikes through six countries, covering inhospitable terrain and diverse regions. What inspired this daring adventure trail?
When a Midlife Couple Took a Perilous Trek up to Tiger’s Nest in Bhutan
A midlife couple undertakes an arduous journey up to Tiger’s Nest temple in Bhutan. After all, age is no bar when it comes to challenging one’s own limits.
From ‘Jumla’ to ‘Urban Naxal’, Her Soaps Make a Political Statement
Behavioural scientist Vidyut Gore’s handmade soaps have a unique agenda.
“Even Everest Is Not the Limit If You Put Your Mind To It” – Mountaineer Deeya Bajaj
Young mountaineer Deeya Bajaj has scaled some of the highest peaks in the world, including Mt Everest, but the greatest barriers, she says, are those in our own minds.
Top Cop Aparna Kumar Makes an Intrepid Expedition to the South Pole
What is like at the South Pole, and what does it take to get there? Senior IPS officer and adventurer Aparna Kumar shares stories from her intrepid travels.
The Gap Year: Why More Older Couples Are Taking Time Off From Their Lives
It’s not just a term used for school-leavers; even people in their 50s these days are trying out the concept of ‘the gap year’: taking a year off from their regular lives, rebooting and travelling the globe.
How to Be a ‘Fair’ Bride #GlowBabyGlow
That’s what all Indian men want, isn’t it? A fair bride! So do your bit, and make sure you’re fair – to yourself too, says Sana Hoda-Sood.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough for Delhi Girl Saachi Soni
Adventure-sports enthusiast and journalist Saachi Soni climbs mountains, not for the world to see her, but so that she can see the world.
Why Would a Woman Drive Across India During the Monsoon?
Childhood experiences can leave a deep impact on you, sometimes urging you towards unknown journeys, or chasing torrential clouds across India. Ritu Goyal Harish shares her story.
She Quit Full-time School to Scuba Dive
Seventeen-year-old Oorja Gonepavaram didn’t think twice before quitting full-time school in favour of an unusual career. (And her city, Pune, doesn’t even have a coastline.)
“I Went Paragliding for the First Time at the Age of 61!”
There’s no age limit – or weight or fitness level – to have an adventure of a lifetime. All you need is the will and enthusiasm to defy naysayers! A heartening tale by Archana Raj Singh.
Rescued by a Lifeboat and Other Lessons in Handling Stress
It sometimes takes an extreme event to teach you about your own capacity to handle stress, understand it, and survive it, says Kay Newton.
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