Community-based sustainable tourism has taught me one of the most profound lessons of my life: that travel, when rooted in respect and collaboration, has the power to revive not just economies, but entire cultural legacies. Over the years, working closely with communities across Kerala—especially indigenous ones—I’ve had the privilege of witnessing this quiet but powerful […]
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As we row gently through the narrow tidal creeks of Kannur, the landscape slowly opens up—tangled roots cradling the banks, sunlight filtering through dense mangrove canopies, and the distant calls of waterbirds echoing across the calm. To the untrained eye, it may seem like a patch of wild green. But beneath this serenity lies a […]
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The Sacred Forests of North Kerala If you ever wander off the winding village roads of North Kerala—past the swaying coconut palms and laterite walls streaked with moss—you may stumble upon a space that feels like it holds its breath. A patch of dense green, darker than its surroundings. Quiet, yet pulsing with something old […]
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