warmth by the fire. at the same time, I was traveling to the isolated village of Grahan in Himachal Pradesh where there is no network or internet. life there is very different from what we see now in most villages with complete access to mobile phones and the Internet. I came across this man a few times and on the last day when I was returning from exploring a majestic waterfall, I saw him smiling at me and relaxing by the fire. the people of Himachal are indeed very warm to be around.

Women of Malana (the world's oldest democracy). I got to travel solo to one of the isolated communities of the mountains of India. A festival was happening the day I reached there and to my surprise, everyone was so kind and welcoming. young women came out dressed all in traditional black attire while the whole village came out to see them perform and play fun games like archery and other games that I don't know the name of. I was fortunate to capture the essence of the festival with its rawness.