'WHERE HISTORY NEVER GETS OLD'

By CJ Jaskiran Chopra in Dehradun

It’s the land where King Asoka got a rock edict engraved over 2,000 years ago. It’s here that the British fought the Gorkhas in the early 19th century. INN ventures out of her hometown Dehradun to rediscover the Himalayas at Kalsi, Chakrata and Timli.

Kalsi, not very far away from my hometown Dehradun, has never been exotic enough for me. We, after all, don’t give much importance to a place so close to us. But I halt when I see a blue Yamuna quietly rustle over white pebbles and trickle into the rice fields from the butt of a spur.  Read More