Shanti Devi is a warm clothes weaver who belongs to Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh where she was born and brought up. She got married in 1962. She is the only girl child in the family with two more brothers. She is also the youngest child. Sarahan In the Sarahan culture, girls, when they are young, are taught […]
Introduction The Langza family, as we at tlow fondly refer to them are amazing people who are always ready to help others. There are six members in the family and the head of the family is Dorje and his wife’s name is Sonam. They have two sons and two daughters. On a freezing day in […]
Introduction: Shiva Sharma was born and brought up in Bhuntar, Himachal Pradesh. He is 34 years old and a bus driver by profession. He has done his schooling from Bhuntar itself. He stays with his wife and 10-year-old son. He has been driving on these roads since the last 15 years and says he knows […]
A free soul and kind-hearted driver in the Himalayas is how many would introduce Soni Chauhan. He belongs to Tandu, a village near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh where he was born and brought up. He is a 35-year-old driver who drives his tempo traveller on the treacherous Himalayan roads. Driving was his passion from the […]
Introduction: Gorakh is 40 years old and owns a grocery shop in Pulga, Himachal Pradesh where he was born and brought up. The village is one where one can get lost with the beauty and peace of the place. Pulga boasts of having a dense pine forest which is also known as Fairy forest. It […]
Introduction Stenzin Nurboo is a driver on the Leh-Manali route. He lives in Leh town and was born and brought up in the town only. His father is from Leh and his mother belongs to Shakthi village near Leh town. They have farm lands and a house there, which is beautifully made. Stenzin drives from Manali […]
On a trip to Parvati Valley while at Kheerganga, a place where people find peace or as locals say, where god resides is where I first met Krishna. He was wearing a hat just like a cowboy and walking around. We had our tent stay at his camp on October 3, 2018. Krishna welcomed us […]
Introduction about Ramzan Ramzan Lungroo was born in the Dal Lake area. Dal is a lake in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. He has a family of 10 people including his two brothers, their wives and kids. Growing up, he was surrounded by a variety of travellers from different parts of the […]
Introduction: Halima Parveen Khatun was born in Hunder, Nubra Valley, a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located in the Nubra tehsil, on the bank of the Shyok River. She was born and brought up in Hunder and later got married to a policeman and settled in Leh. She […]
While I was setting up to fly my drone and get an aerial view of what the place was. I met two Khasi men in their late 40s who walked up to me. Both were curious to know what was happening. The one standing is Oliver and next to him is Michael. They wanted to […]