Hi there,
Thank you for stopping by the Chronicles of Nanya!
I started this blog during my travels through India in 2007. Being of Indian descent but having grown up around the world, traversing the length and breadth of the land of my heritage has always been my dream.
My big chance came in April 2007, when as part of my Master's program in Geography and International Development, I had the option to research in rural India for a period of up to 7 months. I immediately jumped on the opportunity and ended up spending almost 9 months in India - 6 conducting my field research and 3 simply backpacking and seeing as much of the country as possible. While I certainly did not traverse as much of the length and breadth of the nation as I had hoped, I was able to take spend some quality time in the East, North East and Southern parts of the country.
This blog is a log of some of my experiences in India during my stay there. Unfortunately, I abandoned blogging after a time (September 2007) due to inconsistent computer and internet access and more importantly because at a certain point, I stopped viewing my experiences as "travel" and more as just a part of (my) normal life. I always dream of finishing the blog though and one day when I have plenty of time and am feeling nostalgic...I might even do so :).
Until that day, however, I hope that you enjoy the Chronicles of Nanya in their incomplete form as much as I enjoyed writing the entries. If this is your first visit to the site, the posts are in reverse chronological order with the first post being "Out in the Middle of Nowhere" written in August 2007. I suggest that you begin with this post and scroll your way to the topmost entry written in September of the same year. A guide to the chronological order of posts is also included under the 'Blog Archive' on the right hand side of the blog.
Thank you once again for coming by and Happy Reading!
-Ananya
Thank you for stopping by the Chronicles of Nanya!
I started this blog during my travels through India in 2007. Being of Indian descent but having grown up around the world, traversing the length and breadth of the land of my heritage has always been my dream.
My big chance came in April 2007, when as part of my Master's program in Geography and International Development, I had the option to research in rural India for a period of up to 7 months. I immediately jumped on the opportunity and ended up spending almost 9 months in India - 6 conducting my field research and 3 simply backpacking and seeing as much of the country as possible. While I certainly did not traverse as much of the length and breadth of the nation as I had hoped, I was able to take spend some quality time in the East, North East and Southern parts of the country.
This blog is a log of some of my experiences in India during my stay there. Unfortunately, I abandoned blogging after a time (September 2007) due to inconsistent computer and internet access and more importantly because at a certain point, I stopped viewing my experiences as "travel" and more as just a part of (my) normal life. I always dream of finishing the blog though and one day when I have plenty of time and am feeling nostalgic...I might even do so :).
Until that day, however, I hope that you enjoy the Chronicles of Nanya in their incomplete form as much as I enjoyed writing the entries. If this is your first visit to the site, the posts are in reverse chronological order with the first post being "Out in the Middle of Nowhere" written in August 2007. I suggest that you begin with this post and scroll your way to the topmost entry written in September of the same year. A guide to the chronological order of posts is also included under the 'Blog Archive' on the right hand side of the blog.
Thank you once again for coming by and Happy Reading!
-Ananya
