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Retiring to the Hills in India?

12 Comments / Books / Mridula Dwivedi

How many times have you come across a beautiful place and thought, “Oh! I could build a house nearby and […]

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Border Roads Organization (BRO): I am a Fan

8 Comments / Uncategorized / Mridula Dwivedi

Border Roads Organization (BRO) Signboard: Yumthang Valley, Sikkim I am a big fan Border Roads Organization (BRO). What do they

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Hotels, Restaurants and the Like

5 Comments / Books / Mridula Dwivedi

A Hotel Door (Pelling, Sikkim, India) I was reading The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai on the trip to

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India’s Highest ATM at Thegu (Sikkim, India)?

7 Comments / Uncategorized / Mridula Dwivedi

Just a little before Nathu-La (India-China border in Sikkim), at a small place called Thegu, I saw a sign saying

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Misty Mountains at Baiguney, Sikkim, India

Shops in Pelling (West Sikkim)

4 Comments / India, Sikkim / Mridula Dwivedi

Update: This is a really old post from 2007 and the observations below are now out of date in 2026.

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Sikkim

Sikkim Redefines Green for Me

16 Comments / India, Sikkim / Mridula Dwivedi

A few months back I was inviting suggestions and when a colleague talked about a visit to Sikkim in December,

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Beautiful Sky, From a Delhi Mumbai Flight 

Thank You Lily and Tom

7 Comments / Musing / Mridula Dwivedi

I got to know Lily through our chit-chat about India on our blogs. I met her and Tom last year

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Sunset at Noida

Going Places … I Didn’t Mean To!

5 Comments / India / Mridula Dwivedi

Over the weekend, I headed to my sister’s place to catch up with her. I absolutely love playing with my

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Colorful India

Lunchtime Ritual

7 Comments / Musing / Mridula Dwivedi

I came to office today determined to do a lot of work. But as soon as I occupied my chair

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Khrupatal Uttarakhand

A Trip to Khurpatal, Nainital and a Stay at Dynasty Resorts in Uttranchal

16 Comments / Hotels, Uttarakhand / Mridula Dwivedi

I went on a short trip to Khurpatal, 10 km ahead of Nainital on a college sponsored trip. We stayed

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About Me

Mridula in a flying dress in Phuket, Thailand

I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride.

33 countries | Slow & soulful travel
🏔 Landscapes are my sign language
🇮🇳 Offbeat India • Japan • World
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My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015!

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