Chai & Conversations

Sometimes, the best way to discover India is to sit down.

A few words shared over chai.

A story shared by a local.

A memory passed from one generation to another.

I remember when a colleague first told me about a village that once stood beneath what is now Banasura Sagar Dam.

I was surprised. Then fascinated.

I had seen the landscape before. But suddenly, I was looking at it differently.

Beneath the water had once been homes, roads, wells and everyday lives.

That conversation stayed with me.

And perhaps that's what travel should sometimes do.

Not simply show you a place.

But make you see it differently.