Now covering Climate Crisis. Freelancer specialising in Offbeat and Adventure Travel Features. All stories carry images taken by me. Photography Portfolio link above.
Hydropower projects are wreaking havoc in the Himalayas
The deadly February 7 flash flood in Uttarakhand should not be blamed on ‘nature’s fury’ alone.
The Himalayan peak off limits to climbers
Climbing Machhapuchhare is forbidden, a rarity in a country like Nepal that has embraced mountain tourism so enthusiastically that even the world's highest point gets overcrowded.
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