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Where the Rhinos Roam

We’re in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, a UNESCO world heritage site which has two thirds of the world’s one-horned … More

Assam, conservation, kaziranga, one horned rhino, rhino poaching, travel blog, vets

Things to see in Majuli, the world’s largest river island

We sailed to the world’s largest river island, Majuli, in the mighty river Brahmaputra and cycled in stunning Assamese countryside … More

Assam, how to get to Majuli, India, Travel, what to do in Majuli

Digboi, the oil town in the rainforest

We’ve made our way to the easternmost corner of Assam, to a sleepy town by a rainforest called Digboi. It’s … More

Assam, heyloons, how Digboi got its name, how oil was discovered in Digboi, things to do in Digboi, Travel

On the lazy man’s road: the story of Dhodar Ali

We’re travelling further east in Assam, towards Digboi on an old road that has a curious tale about it. Dhodar … More

ahoms, Assam, Dhodar Ali, Gadadhar Singha, Joymati, Travel

A storm in an Assamese tea cup

We’ve arrived in Upper Assam at the start of the tea plucking season; the tea-pluckers are out in full force, … More

Assam, India, tea estates, Travel

Memories of my father

Over half a century ago, a young man, my father Kamal Hazarika, sat at the back of a bus listening … More

Assam, assamese folk music, composer, India, Kamal Hazarika, Kundanlal Saigal, lyricist, music, Prafulla Barua, Sachin Dev Burman, senai moi jao dei, senai moi zao dei, Tagore

A Merry Assamese Christmas Day

Prologue: When I was a child in the 80s, families from Assam, a state in north east India, who had … More

#christmas, 80s, Assam, Assamese Christmas, diversity, India, Indian diaspora, integration, Life in 80s, London

Things to do in Assam: The blue hill and the temple of the goddess of love

Assam, in India’s north-east, is known as the Land of the Red River and the Blue Hill. The Red River … More

Assam, Brahmaputra, Featured, goddess of love, goddessoflove, heyloons, hikes, hills, hinduism, India, kamakhya, land of lahelahe, love, shaktipeeth, the red river and the blue hill, travel blogger, trekking

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