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On hobbled knee across the Nandakini

December 11, 2011May 9, 2012 Green Ogre

In the final episode of her Bedni Bugyal travelogue, Jennifer Nandi crosses a bridge and a river into another consciousness, one that holds the tranquility of the Himalaya and perturbation over its future in delicate balance The snow-clad flanks of the hills … Continue reading On hobbled knee across the Nandakini

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Shelter from the Storm

November 27, 2011May 6, 2012 Green Ogre

In the penultimate episode of her Bedni Bugyal travelogue, Jennifer Nandi revisits the Himalayan hamlet of Kanol, tucked into a fold in the vast district of Chamoli and haunted by the ghosts of ancient forests long lost to the logger’s … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Shelter from the Storm

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – A night in Wan

November 13, 2011May 7, 2012 Green Ogre

In Wan, Jennifer Nandi marvels at the great Himalayan night that has no trouble falling, and laments how so many city-dwellers look skyward and never see the stars The guest house at Wan adjoins a grove of some of the tallest … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – A night in Wan

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal: The trail to Wan

October 29, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

Distances in the Himalaya can be tricky, especially when pointed out desultorily by a guide deprived of his liquor. Thus captained, we descended the bleak slopes of Bedni toward the village of Wan. Jennifer Nandi’s spellbinding Bedni Bugyal travelogue continues… … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal: The trail to Wan

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – In another world

October 22, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

In the charming alpine meadow of Bedni Bugyal life goes on as if on another planet, though Jennifer Nandi notes that our inexorable worldliness has preceded our arrival here  Life’s symmetry, reflected in Bedni Kund Trishul peeks fleetingly behind scudding … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – In another world

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Slow Deterioration

October 15, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

We arrive at Bedni Bugyal, but only barely. Food, shelter and rest are in pitifully short supply. Add to that the prospect of two long, cold, terrifying nights at 11,000 feet. An hour later, Bijoy comes up to us to … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Slow Deterioration

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Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Didana to Ali Bugyal

October 1, 2011June 3, 2012 Green Ogre

Pressed to ascend an indefinite distance to the alpine meadow of Ali Bugyal, Jennifer Nandi’s mind fastens to thoughts of self-preservation and meditations on the Zen of climbing Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, we set off from Didana the next day on … Continue reading Odyssey to Bedni Bugyal – Didana to Ali Bugyal

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