The Journal

Notes from the east.

Short reads on the places we built in and the idea that ties them together. A little of the why, a little of the where, written the way we like to travel. Slowly, and looking out the window.

Where two worlds meet

The idea

Where two worlds meet

On the idea of the sandhi, the junction, and why a hotel can be built on a word.

5 min read
A coast that wakes early

Puri

A coast that wakes early

The case for being on the Puri sand before the sun, and what the fishing fleet knows.

4 min read
The quiet of Digha

Digha

The quiet of Digha

How a shore famous for crowds hides one of the calmest stretches on the Bengal coast.

4 min read
Above the cloud

Darjeeling

Above the cloud

Mornings in Darjeeling when the valley fills with white and the peaks float free.

6 min read
The full articles are still being written. For now these are the openings. Come back soon and we will have the whole of each one laid out for you.