Snippets
Compact, factual writing grounded in setting, function, and observed form.
Devils Tower, A Solitary Monolith In Northeastern Wyoming
You can see it from miles away, a standalone monolith with no close counterpart in the surrounding landscape. In northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River Valley, Devils Tower is...
Sam Dunes: Between Spectacle And Stillness
The dunes at Sam aren’t the tallest in the Thar, nor the quietest, but they’re among the easiest to reach, and perhaps the busiest you’ll find in India. Jaisalmer, some...
Tannu Jubbar May Not Be Ancient, But It Holds Enough Of What The Hills Chose To Keep
Most know Tannu Jubbar to be man-made, fed by hillside channels and seasonal rain rather than natural springs. But in local memory, no human shaped it. The ground opened on...
This Lit Underworld Stretches Beyond What The Name Ever Implied
Sixty-three HID lamps cast their beams across the damp interiors of Borra Caves, turning what might have been lost to darkness into something brighter—colourful, and almost a spectacle in its...
Blackbuck: India’s Fastest On Open Ground
Though the blackbuck in the image sits at ease and shows no urge to move, it can bolt at 50 miles per hour—outpacing every land mammal in the Indian subcontinent...
Where The Snake King Slept: The Mythic Origins Of Likir Monastery
Local belief holds that the ground upon which Likir Monastery sits is shaped by a serpent. This, according to legend, is why the hill has its distinctive shape. The very...
The Mystery Of The Moai: How Rapa Nui Moved The Giants Of Easter Island
The Rapa Nui people were surely masters of innovation when it came to moving their colossal Moai statues across Easter Island, a remote speck in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, part...
Tripura Sundari Temple And The Pagoda’s Himalayan Journey
The Tripura Sundari Temple at Naggar (near Manali), built of deodar wood, is a prime example of the Pagoda style's effectiveness in a mountainous setting. Its three tiers, ascending to...
Phyang Monastery And The Blue Hill Of Ladakh
Though Phyang Monastery may not immediately come to mind when thinking of Ladakh’s most notable landmarks, it holds its own as one of the two primary seats of the Drikung...
Gir Sanctuary: The Last Home Of The Asiatic Lion
For the Asiatic lion, Gir, in western India, is the only home—a protected area much reduced compared to their historical distribution, which once stretched from Mesopotamia to the Indian subcontinent....
