The land where even the clouds cast shadows.

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

The sun plays a beautiful game of hide and seek among the clouds up in the higher western Himalayas. Shot en-route Tabo. In Spiti Valley. The river down below is the river Chandra, which joins another river Bhaga at Tandi and forms the ancient river Chandrabhaga which is otherwise today known as “Chenab” which is [...]

Wuthering Heights.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Nun, One of the two highest peaks in the Zanskar valley. They just stand tall among rocky dry deserted valley beside the Pensi-la pass. On the second last day of the rally after crossing the pass and crossing the glacier of Zanskar we reached our destination Akshow. We were to man a TC (Traffic Control) [...]

The Mighty Bara-lacha-la Pass.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The Mighty Bara-lacha-la at an altitude of 16,040 feet. Black Ice all over the tarmac. This serene and calm high altitude mountain pass is beauty at it’s best and yet so deceiving. It was so treacherous for us to drive down the winding roads with high winds and frozen roads. One mistake is all it [...]