After flirting with journalism, translations and even Zoology for over two decades, I have found my true love in traveling. I spend my time exploring the nooks and crannies of India, though I believe nobody can fully discover this vast country but I have vowed to try anyway! When not traveling, I am persistently writing about my adventures, which range from trekking in one of the most hostile terrains on earth i.e. in Siachen Glacier to snorkeling in sleepy, exotic islands of Andaman and Nicobar. My tales of adventures and encounters regularly appear in reputed publications. And if I am neither traveling nor writing about it, I am spending time at cultural hubs in Delhi, looking for inspiration and meeting fellow travelers, and scrounging the city bookstores & libraries for travelogues. I have always been a mountain child and dream of owning a wooden cottage in the Himalayas with a gigantic library.
In a way, we all are travellers, spending our lives in transit …… and here in my own humble way, I am trying to recreate the experiences of my journey towards the unknown!!!
I am a professional writer, translator, a travel journalist ..with so many pursuits in life that I call myself a “girl” with thousand agendas! I left my well cushioned job a little time ago to pursue other interests in life. Translation supports me and writing keeps me happy! I live in Delhi, NCR with my journalist husband and 2 kids.
Hello Alka,
Just stumbled upon your blog and what a pleasant surprise!!!
I was really overwhelmed with the diverse travel stories from across India.
I just love trekking but yet to explore the mighty Himalayas.
It’s really great to find your travel adventures here with beautiful images.
Let me explore your posts one by one 🙂
Have a great time 🙂
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Hi Sreejith
this just reminds me what Lawrence Block said once – “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.”
I am glad you have liked my journeys in words and pictures. Keep traveling with my blog and I promise to take my readers all over! The places I travel to are worth knowing more .. Happy reading!
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Good to meet another interesting traveller. 🙂 Btw Which language are you translating?
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Hey there!
Translation helps me buy my tickets to all the exotic destinations I have in my mind 🙂
btw, I translate mostly non-fiction stuff from English to Hindi.
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Wow! That is awesome!
I should have guessed that your are doing English to Hindi from your blog 🙂
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I love to knit my stories in my mother-tongue i.e. Hindi despite being educated in English literature… but translation helps me keep the balance intact!
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Yes I saw you have written your blog in Hindi. To express in Mother tongue is always a pleasure 🙂 So you are the one who helps the people to get familiar with English classics! 😀
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hey alka. id like to know more about siachen glacier trek. can you please help me out. thanks a bunch 🙂
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Thanks for coming to my blog, Kanika! Indian Army’s Adventure wing, each year organises a trek to Siachen Glacier for civilian dependents of Armed forces personells, students of schools/institutions run by forces and media fraternity. Keep checking their website. Here is the link, though i strongly advise you to be in touch with them directly –
http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/Adventure/frmAdventureHome.aspx?AdventureId=G1EQtLiitOGGWJkBOQ2xGw==
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Hi Alka
Hope you are doing great
Would you like to go for a FAM trip to Nainital ? We have our luxury in resort in Ramgarh
http://www.aamariresorts.com/ Let me know if you are interested.
Regards
Team Aamari
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Hi
Thanks for the offer to visit my home state. Please share further detail on alkakaushik2010@gmail.com
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