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Travel: Borra caves, Araku Valley

    Of deep dark structures   These  caves are really the jewel in the Araku Valley`s crown. A recent visit to Andhra Pradesh`s Araku Valley near Vizag was just that bit underwhelming for someone who has lived in the Nilgiri hills. The Araku valley is a nice enough hill station which is part of…

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Travel: Araku Valley, Andhra Pradesh

The notional vacation In Hudhud`s wake It’s been more than six months since cyclone Hudhud tore through these parts, but the traces of  devastation still haven’t been completely wiped out — at least not in Vizag and its surroundings. Trees stand curiously aslant, like drunk sentinels, but with new green shoots emerging tentatively. In the…

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