A  300 year old totem of Himalayan Buddhism and the largest Stupa in north-east India, it is 93 feet tall and covers a base area of over 34,000 feet. Enormous painted eyes of the "all seeing Buddha" keep a vigil on all four direction from the pyramid crowned, square capital on the top. Located at a slight distance, is a small shrine which the villagers  never fail to point out as the place where the 14th Dalai Lama had rested during his escape from Tibet. Though the claim is not endorsed by any Tibetan source, the Dalai Lama's first autobiography "My Land and My People" features a photograph of the stupa, calling it Gonsum Chotëm.(read the full story)
 
Reports that an old Englishman is living as a elite captive of a group of  Indians or those of meeting strange English -speaking people, came out of the region with amazing regularity, but didn't provided any serious clues. Amidst the various speculation  aired about the fate of Col. Fawcett and his companions, options probably limited to them becoming an Anaconda's lunch, practise targets for the Indian's blowpipes or the possibility of meeting "the man who liked Dickens".(read the full story)

There are whole lot of people out there, who alternately swear by and at them, but will still only ride  a dated piece of the British motorcycling heritage, manufactured in factories whose death kneel had sounded so long ago that even the echoes are now a distant memory.
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A few Sanyasis walked about spreading the unmistakable wisps of cannabis smoke in the air. With two bathing Ghats, the eastern one descending to the Buri Gang and the southern one to the Brahmaputra, wet pilgrims could be seen

An acquaintance once came for advise about which bike to purchase for his college going son. “Buy him an old junk, give him a small amount for spares and let him learn to repair it himself,” was my counsel. Apparently finding the thought ludicrous, the father grimaced and asked “do you want him to become a mechanic, besides when will he study if he spends his time repairing the bike?” and walked away. (read the full story)