In search of the ‘big five’
Bengaluru was just about recovering from a stifling summer. There had been a dribble of rain, but the city was already pockmarked with puddles. People took to social media to express their love for the rains—photographs of windowpanes dripping with water, with lyrical quotes to match. There’s no fun, however, in splashing one’s way through […]
A Thing Or Two About Travel
Currently at conception stage, this is a school level intervention project to orient children towards best practices of travel. Given the condition of public travel ethics in India, I have started on documentation of current practices. This will further lead to intimate talks, small gestation projects by children themselves, affiliations with international bodies to grant […]
Weekend Vacations Column, Mint
Curator and editor of the ‘Weekend Vacations’ column for Mint in the Business of Life section. This includes creating a calendar of vacation plans from base cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune and Kolkata. In this role, I have to regularly liaison with writers, giving them direction and editing the article before […]
Indo Asia Tours
Lead the monthly communication medium, Indo Asia Diaries, for one of India’s leading destination management company. Through this, the company connects with a span of over 900 travel agents and their associates all over the world. The ‘diary’ showcases the idea of India and other countries in the subcontinent, with the help of different photography […]
Getoff Ur Ass
Assisted in the business development and content creation for Bangalore based adventure travel company and it’s off-shoots. In its existence of over a decade, Getoff Ur Ass perfected the recipe of creating and leading offbeat, niche trips for inbound and outbound adventures, including cultural trips, rafting, biking, overland journeys and trekking, specifically in Karnataka and […]
Photography Onthemove
Spearheaded the business of DLSR workshops in the backdrop of offbeat destinations and festivals for 5 years, between 2009-2014, with Bangalore based Photography Onthemove. Responsibilities included: Conceptualization of workshops with intensive recce & liaison with all stakeholders. Structuring the Annual Business Plan and implementation of commercial transactions. Brand Development – Website traffic growth, social media […]
HolidayIQ
Holiday IQ is India’s largest travel and holiday information portal. I consulted with the company to assist in rolling out a new initiative (due to be launched). This included leading content creation with the help of associating with a base of 50 hotels, the Holiday IQ travellers’ base, bloggers across the country and social media reach […]
Turning back the clock
Mohammed Iqbal and I balanced ourselves precariously on the wooden plank—each assigned to an edge. Him more confident than me, given that an old strip of wood wasn’t the best place to listen attentively to stories that were about to unfold. Right above my head, the clock made its presence felt with an unvarying “tick […]
The Unreal And Bewitching Hampi
Dissected by the brown capillary called Tungabhadra that winds around the boulder-strewn terrain of Hampi the town has the ability to infuse a copious amount of laziness in you. That’s exactly what happened to me on the first day of my visit. I sat at the edge of the lowermost-tiered cemented platform of the Mango […]
Girlsatdhabas
Quoted in Indian Express on an article on the widely read #Girlsatdhabas Tumblr initiative by girls from Pakistan. “Delhi-based travel writer Supriya Sehgal has stopped by at countless dhabas in states such as Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. “I always choose dhabas because of the rich local flavours,” says the 33-year-old. “Most importantly, […]
Following The Solo Trail
Featured in an article on solo travelling, in the Spectrum, Tribune. “As a solo traveller, it’s exciting to meet others who share the love of exploring one’s own country, regardless of any gender bias”, says Supriya Sehgal. As one half of the duo that leads Photography OntheMove — a travel-photography initiative of the Bangalore based […]
Between Hills And Sea
Decidedly the most well-located metro for accessible weekend getaways, Bengaluru is a treat for those who drive. Silvery-grey highways take off in all directions, ferrying travellers to dense national parks, coffee-bush draped hills, breezy corniches and crumbling atmospheric temple towns. From a robust inventory of destinations that lie less than 400km away, I knew exactly […]