Roadtrip !!! Yep, everyone loves a good roadtrip and we are here to tell you that India has plenty of them. And no … we are not talking about Delhi to Leh or Mumbai to Goa .. both great roadtrips, but probably a bit overdone!! We are going to take you on roadtrip through some…
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reDiscovery Podcast S4E2: Winter travel options!
When you aim to travel a country as vast as India, while there is always someplace new to explore and rediscover, there are many that warrant a second and sometimes third visit! In this episode we talk about our Winter Wishlist, places we have visited before but would like to return to in the winter….
reDiscovery Podcast S4E1: What you should know, before quitting your job to travel
The last few weeks have been crazy, what with us setting off for our first Euro trip together, planning for the Nagaland tour we will be leading in November (last few days to sign up!), wrapping up assignments and the recording the last few episodes of this seasons podcast! But its all done and while we…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E10: The Blue Yonder, using tourism to benefit communities
In the monsoon of 2017 we travelled to Kerala with The Blue Yonder, a company that takes experiential, offbeat tours in India with a very strong social focus. It was the first time we had taken a ‘group tour’ (complete with minibus and all!), which is very different from the way we usually travel. But…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E9: A unique Ganpati celebration in a 400 year old Goan family’s heritage home
In September 2017 we spent a couple of weeks driving around Goa, during the tail end of the monsoon, which happened to be the same time as the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. While Hoshner has often photographed the Ganesh celebrations at home we have never really experienced the festival outside of Mumbai. So when a friend…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E8: Steve Odoyo and his quest to bring back the animals
The North East conjures up images of thick forests, beautiful mountains and an abundance of nature, all of which is true. However, what is also true is that a number of traditional practices of tribes in the North East like jhum cultivation and hunting has over the years lead to slow but steady deforestation and…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E7: Devrai Art Village, providing dignified livelihood through art
Two monsoons ago we were driving through Maharashtra heading southwards across the Western Ghat on a roadtrip which we eventually had to abandon due to excessively heavy rainfall, flooding and collapsing bridges. Our last stop on that leg of adventure, which involved climbing up forts in the pouring rain with absolutely no visibility, was the Devrai…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E6 – Umoja: Making travel accessible for the disabled
We met Yeshwant at a party last Diwali, which is where we learnt about Umoja and the work Yeshwant is doing to make travel accessible to all, especially those with physical disabilities. Over future meetings we learnt more about him and his incredible company which for the last couple of years has been working with…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E5: One family’s quest to preserve their unique ancestral home
We love old heritage homes and since this season is all about the preservation and conservation of art, culture and heritage we thought it would be great to feature the story of Maranat Mana, one of the last living Pathinaru Kettus or four courtyard homes in Kerala and the unique manner in which one Namboodari Brahmin…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E4: A Konyak Naga documents her tribes dying tattoo culture.
The North East of India is a region like no other. With hundreds of tribes, each with different customs, traditions and dialects it is as diverse and culturally rich as anywhere else in the world. However with the relentless march of time many of these traditions are getting lost in the swirl of modernisation, not…
reDiscovery Podcast S3E3: Give Back Give Away; One blogger’s quest to use travel to support underprivileged communities.
In this episode of the reDiscovery Podcast we talk to international travel blogger Johnny Ward, about his venture Give Back Give Away which uses travel as a mean to support and help local commnities around the world. Johnny tells us about his journey to setting up Give Back Give Away, and how he is using…
reDiscovery Podcast S3 EP02: An NGO provides dignified livelihoods through tourism to villagers in rural MP
In this episode we take you to Ganj, a small hamlet outside Orchha, occupied by traditionally lower caste families, where Friends of Orchha, an NGO run by Asha D’Souza, helps villagers set up homestays, thus offering them an alternate source of income, a chance to experience a wider world view and live a dignified life. We…