Now covering Climate Crisis. Freelancer specialising in Offbeat and Adventure Travel Features. All stories carry images taken by me. Photography Portfolio link above.
Drama in the night sky
A shooting star, a twinkling planet, a meteor shower, a faraway constellation or a ginormous galaxy—the list of celestial delights is endless
Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi
This remote Tibetan valley in Nepal looks to India and China for sustenance
Limi Valley is a hidden place of absurd contradictions
Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi
Climate change threatens 1,000-year-old monastery in remote Nepal
An ancient building battles mother nature as melting glaciers make a remote Himalayan valley susceptible to flooding.
Tracing a River’s Soul, From Source to Sea
A monsoon drive along the Nila (Bharathapuzha), Kerala’s second largest river, reveals centuries-old art forms and the sentinels who safeguard them.
Text & Photography by Neelima Vallangi
A lesson in mindfulness in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park
A Wild Paradise: Chitwan National Park is unique: it is, perhaps, one of the very few tiger reserves in the world where one can walk inside the core area. The park’s 100+ tigers are rarely seen but the 600+ rhinos that call Chitwan home present a clear, often downplayed danger.
Text & Photographs by Neelima Vallangi
India’s Abandoned Island of Colonial Horror
Eerie and desolate, Ross Island harbors a tale of oppression and disaster
By Neelima Vallangi
A Hymn for a Non-believer - National Geographic Traveller India
Lessons in belief and beauty on an arduous Himalayan trek across Auden’s Col in India's Uttarakhand. Text and Photographs by Neelima Vallangi
A ghost island in the middle of the Indian Ocean
Ross Island, an abandoned British settlement in the remote Andaman archipelago, is being taken over by its rightful owner: nature.
Munsiyari's elusive Himalayan Charms - Travel+Leisure India & South Asia
Situated at the edge of Johar valley, along the ancient Indo-tibetan salt route, Munsiyari is as remote as it is alluring.
By Neelima Vallangi
BBC - Travel - India's forgotten African tribe
An African-origin ethnic tribe of about 20,000 people has been living in near total obscurity in India for centuries.
By Neelima Vallangi
BBC - Travel - The abandoned mansions of billionaires
While most of Shekhawati’s havelis have crumbled and remain abandoned, a small window into the world of these painted mansions is being preserved.
By Neelima Vallangi
BBC - Travel - A frozen highway to an ancient kingdom
In the summer, the Zanskar River runs wild between the deep canyons of the Himalayas. In the winter, it becomes a road of ice – and the only escape.
By Neelima Vallangi
Himachal Pradesh's Hidden Valley - National Geographic Traveller India
Low-key Banjar Valley Brims With Possibilities | Text & Photographs By Neelima Vallangi
Bhutan: A Slice of Heaven - Travel + Leisure India & South Asia
Bhutan is a land of the thunder dragon and shakyamuni Buddha. it is the himalayan kingdom where every curve of the road leads one to a new legend, Buddhist monastery, and centuries-old practices. By Neelima Vallangi