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The helmet has seen it all. And doesn't want to stop. Wants to inspire you, and draw inspiration fro Wants to inspire you, and draw inspiration from you. Twice.

It wants to do everything crazy.

05/10/2023

I would think that if it rains the festival would get abandoned. But in some of the festivals they expect it to rain, and this particular festival called Behdienkhlam is considered successful if towards the end of the proceedings the town receives a light shower.
But it's an amazing sight when half the crowd takes out their umbrella, while the other half just let's itself loose in the rain.

Though intense rain could spoil the whole plan, but if it rains sweet and if we're able to enjoy and live our life, that's what we know the rainiest meghalaya for .

About this incredible incredible festival I'll tell you in another post. You must witness it twice.
For now this is the rain and chhatri series

06/09/2023

In the land of the unofficial leader of most waterfalls. I don't understand how it isn't at the top.
But out of all, this is my most favorite swimming pool of all time. I think my life will end the Alexander Supertramp way when it does.

21/08/2023

Kya rakha hai in baaton mein
Teri muskurahaton mein aankhon mein.
Khush kyun hai itni is jungle mein
Koi baat hai kya?
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Often found in the jungle, this cute little girl Bashisha's father is behind the making of two beautiful living root bridges single handedly.
She came and said, heyy take my photo I will pose aahngry (angry). I don't think her expressions look convincing

15/06/2023

Singing a song that tells a tale.
Take it deep in and exhale.
You can't buy a river even if you're Vijay Mallya
Just stand and watch and Breathe Meghalaya.🍃
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I've been looking for the signs of nature in the people. Yes it's the rainiest place but what does it mean, how does it affect the life of people here?
None one really gets used to discomfort, just that there's no other option.
The rain here gets so devastating, it gets through everything and the rain water mann so so cold.
The loudest thunderstorms knocking on the window right next to the ear.

This cute sabzi wali kong was doing her thing as I took her picture when at the exact moment a defeaning thunder came giving me my most favorite picture I ever took.
Passing the vegetable with one hand, closing her ear with the other she didn't forget to give me the most unique pose haha.
Vibe check guys this girl is vibe check 💓

14/01/2023

शांति ही शांति है सुकून से भरी
क्या ले लिया है सन्यास.
या छिड़ने वाली है जंग बड़ी
इसे कहें हम युद्ध अभ्यास॥
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This was my most serene, the most peaceful moment in the last 1.5 years of meghalaya jungles. Deep inside the valley, with no human being in sight the whole day (except the local guy I was with).
And then this clean reflective river appears with the most simple living root bridge above. Sheer bliss. No words spoken.

Just thinking about life, living in present. But then have to get up and think about the big change these ancient living root bridges are going to cause in the coming years. Lot of work bye

21/08/2022

आसान नहीं है तनहा रहना
सुनने वाला ना कोई इंसान ।
पर मैं तो कहता जाता हूँ अपनी बातें
इस जंगल के दो कान .
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It's a mushroom by the way. Tit kor in khasi. Tit meaning mushroom and kor is ear. Hihihi I know.

Finding such an ear in the middle of the jungle was outright creepy.
Eventually it did end up in my plate.
Very tasty plant-based ear haha.
Come on tell me, would you pluck it and stuff it?😁

01/08/2022

There are two things that changed my life, the departure of my bhabhi and the north east.
I see things new now.
I’ve made it a point that I live the life of my dreams from now on every single day otherwise what’s the point? Maybe I have life only till today, nobody even knows.

However, the most important thing is to be happy. Living in the wild, eating organic, staying with myself is teaching me the most and making me the happiest. And isn’t it the whole point? Isn’t it what the whole journey is about?
Glad I could find it without running behind some job, money or popularity.

I feel that we all live our lives trying to justify our respective names. Mukul, meaning a flower that is going to bloom, finally found my habitat in the jungle.
Being overweight when I arrived here, I’m definitely taking better shape. Putting pictures latest to earliest.

So I don’t do this much often and it hasn’t meant much to me, but: a rare and a week late birthday post to celebrate myself. Happy Birthday to the only person I know. Mukul Bhandari. 25th July. Thanks to myself for existing

28/07/2022

मुझे हराने पाने की
कुदरत की चाल नहीं चली ।
अब तो सब सही है पर
उस रात दाल नहीं गली ॥
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I had to eat raw potatoes with raw onions with mustard oil because I didn’t know how to light a fire or to sustain it once lit. Didn’t know how to cook either.
After trekking down 4 hours down the valley, that was one shangrila of a village where there were 19 living root bridges in a single village. But I was more interested in meeting the people.
I was given this dream of a beautiful hut which they use to store their harvest, but was told first up that you’ll have to cook your own food. That’s fine of course, EXCEPT: nobody spoke to me at all after that and were just being weird (something that can happen a lot in khasi villages) by just staring blankly and not responding to anything even when I spoke in their language. And nobody helped me light a fire and seeing the attitude of the people I chose to accept it that way for the night and leave the next morning.
But each morning what I saw in the nature it kept blowing me away. The kind of things I never saw, never did. Must mention again, nature-landscape wise nothing beats meghalaya, it's so addictive.

In a place where the toilet was so small that my back was touching the wall and the knees touching the door while you've to hold the door from inside because there's no lock, I ended up staying four nights. Totally worth it.

Today the boy cuts his own wood (wait not his own wood), lights fire, cooks badass food and sh*ts alright. Not easy to get in my way

27/07/2022

सालों पुराना जंगल
लगे जैसे dinasaur.
चलने चला था भविष्य की तरफ़
मगर अब दिशा कुछ और.
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At least a thousand years back. I stand here and I'm taken aback. Is anybody keeping track?
How old are these trees even? Kaise beet raha hai yeh wala jeevan?
What's up with this waterfall and this cool breeze?
How am I able to walk on the roots of the trees?
Is this a bridge? Who thought of this idea?
Deep into dense jungles away from fears, the greenery is shouting too loud these questions into my ears.
Avatar is sure a movie but I may have taken another birth another avatar to be standing here.

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Breathe Meghalaya: Trailer

Haha sorry, zara late hone ki aadat hai! :D Finally we are here! After a long long wait the documentary is done. We should tell you first that this couldn't have happened without you guys. Our project Breathe Meghalaya is not only TravelYard Films and mine, but equally yours as this couldn't have happened without the sponsorships, collaborations, cooperations, love and enthusiasm! So thank you so much for that :) <3 In the documentary, we are set out to find a really remote tribal village in Meghalaya, India where they call each other by different tunes instead of names. Also finding hidden waterfalls and beautiful living root bridges in the process we identify what it really means to breathe. This was our story of Meghalaya. Please give it all, your heart, tell others and let us know how and what you feel about this in the comments. And as they say, we'll meet each other soon. Because picture abhi baaki hai hamare doston! 😀 AND most important to thank our lovely Biking Gear Sponsor : Motorclub.in Camera Gear Sponsor : World Media Vision for their constant love, support and patience :) Have a good time guys!

Breathe Meghalaya : Breathe Shots

बचपन से अपने दूर आया किस्सा बताने ज़रुर आया। करता हूॅ तौबा दिल्लगी से। आफरीन आफरीन। ________________ When was the last time you opened yourself to complete strangers instantly? When was the last time you were hesitant but you posed like you didn't care? When was the last time you breathed? That beautiful, windy sunrise and these lovely children came from somewhere like a breath of fresh air, posed and left. How will you not fall in love? That feeling, ah! ________________ It was such a lovely feeling. That lovely morning from Laitlum is so difficult to describe in words or pictures. So TravelYard Films and I have come up with this idea called Breathe Shots, where we would try to show you the moments from when the photograph was being taken. Hope you'll enjoy ☺ ____________________ Constant support : Motorclub.in

Breathe Meghalaya : Super

ज़र्रा बन कर उड़ने लगा वो भी कोई उड़ान थी। बन कर पंछी जो उड़ा अब वही उसकी पहचान थी।। ____________________ It was so late in the night already, and the father was waiting on us for dinner. Returning from Jowai, still 60 km away from Shillong we were at the speed slightly slower than light. That cold, dark night was more scary than easy. _________________________ And then that moon happened. Just one glimpse of this beautiful, crescent moon and @Travelyardfilms pressed the brakes with all his might. "Guys, I have this amazing idea! I'm gonna need you all." Stopping the bike, untying the bags, taking the camera and all the other equipment out was going to be a very long task. The other two disinterested friends who too were getting late couldn't hate him more. But he was very clear, "if not tonight, this shot will never happen in my life!" _________________________ I'm so glad that our dreams and vision match, and that we push each other to do what we thought we couldn't. It feels so amazing to see all those dreams coming true. It feels so lovely to stop at nothing. Feels so good to fly. I'm so glad I have a travel partner like you. I hate you 😁 But yes, too much love to our Biking Gear Sponsor @Motorclubin and Camera Gear Sponsor - World Media Vision. _______________________

Breathe Meghalaya: Begins

Guys. I have something to tell you. I have something exciting to show you. I'll tell you about it soon enough. But for right now I'll tell you that this project of ours is being supported by our sponsors @Motorclubin and World Media Vision, and I want to thank them for showing us their faith in us. And I want to thank @travelyardfilms for being a part of this with me. Together, we shall do this!

Chandrashila After All

Chandrashila is one of the best things that happened to me this year. I touched horizons I did not know existed. Now the really talented @Travelyardfilms and I have come together to show you a glimpse of it. And we promise you guys to bring a lot more of these in the near future.

The Serene Chandrashila Peak

25th March 2016 This is how the steep and strenuous Chandrashila trek rewarded us. The peak put us in the center, giving us a 360 degree view to all beautiful peaks here. Kedarnath, Nanda Devi, Chaukhamba, Mt Trishul being some of them. Apart from us two there was this group of friends from Kanpur. Apart from that, just Nobody! Chandrashila is a snow clad trek in winter and a beautiful spring-y trek in summer.

And here I was wondering will dogs of Malana let me touch them :P Malana is a very unique village, and has been discovered by the rest of India only in the last couple of years. People of this village are descendants of Alexander the Great, and thus consider themselves superior to other Indians. If we touch them, there is a fine of 2500 rupees. Blah! All I want in my life is my bike, mountains and a dog. Bliss!! :D :D

And here comes the 100th post, woohooo!! 🙆🙆 #talkinghelmet What? India lost in the semi final last night? That sucks! But I know what doesn't - this super amazing, heavenly Chandrashila trek, woohooo!! 🙆 #chandrashila #uttarakhand The feeling was such, I thought I were walking on clouds. The clouds running parallel to snow met at the peak. If there's any stairway to heaven, it's this! #shiva #morning #heaven #hills