By: Satyashree Gandham Tucked away 6000 feet above sea level, close to the Indo-Tibetal border, this small valley of Mechukha in Arunachal Pradesh hosts the annual adventure festival in full splendour! Watch the highlights of adventure at Mechukha…
Black drinking water, polish wine tea, and Italian biscuits! Merry Christmas!
By: Satyashree Gandham Black drinking water is the newest luxury! Don’t believe us? What if the young Indian Masterchef finalist Mirvaan Vinayak tells you that? And add to that some Italian biscuits and Polish wine tea and have…
Love and care and some piping hot beer! At home stay in Mechukha.
By: Satyashree Gandham A loving home, a hot meal and a cosy bed in winter! If that reminds you of home, add to that a piping hot home-brewed beer made of fermented millet just before you go to…
Eat, love, pray and play in Mechukha – Arunachal’s spiritual paradise!
By: Satyashree Gandham If ‘atithi devo bhavah’ is intrinsic to Indian ethos, the small town of Mechukha in Arunachal Pradesh gives it a whole new meaning! Experience uniquely Arunachal hospitality and a sip of its home-brewed local millet…
Anniversary in the valley! Festive Mechukha welcomes Parikrama!
By: Satyashree Gandham 20 years on, Subir Malik celebrates his anniversary in a valley in Arunachal Pradesh! His love for Northeast India resonates in his music as the crowds sway to Parikrama on day 3 of Adventure festival…
Match your personality with the colour of houses in Mechukha!
By: Nishiraj A. Baruah and Satyashree Gandham Tippy Tippy Tap! What colour do you want? The valley of Mechukha in Arunachal Pradesh offers you a house of every colour in the spectrum. Indeed these houses have a personality…
Smoggy, dusty, and polluted! Does New Delhi still attract tourists?
By Satyashree Gandham Some say Delhi is polluted and others say Delhi is unsafe. While the notion may not be entirely untrue, OCider decided to chat up the tourists in Delhi from different parts of the world and…
A touch of Michelangelo magic in the heart of India’s capital city!
When you travel to an exotic destination, what do you carry back with you? Postcards? Fridge magnets? Ok, mall shopping or duty-free shopping from the airports? This man’s love for the exotic makes him bring back the spirit…
When Delhi met Mumbai in Flanders
It’s not often that you get lucky in a foreign country with extreme weather conditions. And if you’re a Delhiite or a Mumbaikar, pay extra close attention because Flanders is beyond the extreme summers and extreme monsoons that…
Vegas is mourning. A global citizen asks some hard questions.
A large crowd had gathered for a concert in the Mandalay Bay Casino area in Las Vegas when a gunman started firing indiscriminately. Several people were shot dead in the maniacal shooting. Vegas is mourning and so is…