Beyond Tiger’s Nest: An Immersive Week in Bhutan
A Journey Through Happiness, Heritage and Himalayan Valleys Bhutan is best experienced slowly. In a country where Buddhist values, cultural preservation, environmental responsibility and wellbeing are gathered under the philosophy of Gross National Happiness, a hurried itinerary misses the point. The ideal week-long journey is a gentle circuit through Thimphu, Punakha and Paro, combining dzongs, […]
Dhakuakhana: Where Assam’s Golden Yarn Lives On
In my grandmothers’ days, Muga was worn as a house cloth. I remember my grandmother at work in her kitchen wearing her plain Muga Mekhla chador. Thick, durable, and sometimes rough to the touch, it was woven as a plain cloth or everyday life. Yet its distinctive gold sheen endured. What belonged to household rhythms […]
Where the Landscape Remembers: My first Impressions of The Bodo Community
In April 2016, I arrived in Bongaigaon, Western Assam expecting to curate an experience for our potential clients. Instead, the Bodo landscape curated me. After Bongaigaon, paddy fields opened in long green sheets, bamboo leaned over village paths, and the distant hills of Bhutan gathered blue along the horizon. Rivers were moving beyond the fields—Manas, […]
Unakoti and the Darlong Tribe: An Impression of Tripura’s Living Heritage
The approach to Unakoti reveal itself after 5 hours of driving from Agartala, moving through Tripura’s green northern landscape when suddenly in the middle of a forest, a clearing has been made to park vehicles and a ticket booth. A flight of steps and forest paths opens onto colossal faces carved into a hillside. Here, […]
Tribal Trails and Sacred Peaks: Northeast India’s Living Wilderness
For those seeking a journey that blends moderate physical activity with deep cultural immersion, Assam and West Arunachal Pradesh offer an unparalleled experience where ancient tribal traditions, pristine wilderness, and spiritual heritage converge. This region is a sanctuary where semi-evergreen forests meet the mighty Brahmaputra River, sacred monasteries cling to misty mountainsides, and indigenous communities […]
Where Nagaland Finds Its Voice: A Personal Journey to the Hornbill Festival
Some festivals entertain us; others rearrange how we see a place. Nagaland’s Hornbill Festival belongs to the second category. I arrived expecting colour, textiles, drums, and dance, but left with a deeper understanding: culture is not a performance assembled for visitors. It is a living relationship between people, land, memory, food, music, and pride. Held […]
Echoes of Majuli: Coming Home to a Culture I Never Fully Knew
By Julie Kagti, Curator — Curtain Call Adventures I grew up hearing the Brahmaputra spoken of the way others speak of a god — with reverence, with a little fear, and with the quiet understanding that it gives and takes on its own terms. I knew the festivals, the food, the language, the particular slant […]
Wizards in the Mist: A Curated Luxury Journey Through Meghalaya’s Raw, Untamed Nature
There is a distinct, almost cinematic magic that descends upon Meghalaya just before the monsoons arrive. The air grows heavy with anticipation, the forests turn an impossible shade of emerald, and the clouds descend to embrace the hills in a shifting, ethereal dance. As a travel curator at Curtain Call Adventures, my greatest joy is […]
Roots, Rivers & Recipes: Through Forests, Farms & Family Kitchens
A journey of taste and time through the hidden heart of Assam and Meghalaya. The morning mist was still clinging to the emerald slopes of the Khasi Hills when I realized that the best way to understand a culture is not through its monuments, but through its meals. My boots were muddy, my lungs filled […]
Beyond the Ordinary: My Journey Curating Intense Immersive Experiences in Northeast India
When I was growing up in the tea plantations of Assam, I never imagined that one day I would spend my life designing travel experiences. But as I grew older, I realized something profound: the most meaningful moments of my childhood weren’t the grand gestures—they were the quiet afternoons spent learning from my grandmother, the […]