The journey on the Kalpa-Roghi road, one of the most dangerous roads in Asia, famed for the Suicide Point in Kinnaur district is scary as well as thrilling.
Author: KPM Basheer
KPM Basheer
Former deputy editor with The Hindu, KPM Basheer has won awards and fellowships such as the Sarojini Naidu Award, Asian Rice Journalist Award, Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship, and Columbia University’s Ochberg Fellowship, for excellence in reporting developmental, environmental, and social issues. He is a travel buff, and a reluctant travel writer.
On the way to Spiti Valley, the author stops over for a day in Sangla Valley, arguably the most romantic of Himachal Pradesh’s Himalayan valleys.
To blow off the Covid blues, the author and friends take a road trip to the mesmerizing mountains and valleys of Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti-Lahaul district.
VM Kutty, a synonym for Maappilappaattu, a popular music genre in Kerala.