Solo: My Year of Backpacking and Unpacking
Still settling into university life, Indrajeet More lands an unexpected opportunity: fronting a television series about budget travel across India. What follows is a twelve-month expedition spanning thirteen destinations, each one stranger and more rewarding than the last. He wanders through Karnataka's forests, shivers under Himalayan stars, tracks down Kerala's finest local spirits, and moves to the rhythm of Naga traditions. Along the way, memories of growing up in a Maharashtrian home become a lens through which to view this kaleidoscope of Indian life. Solo travel brings its share of loneliness and apprehension, yet through those quiet moments, More begins to uncover connection in the most surprising places. This is travel writing stripped of pretence: a young person learning to read the unspoken language between strangers, tasting cuisine as culture, and recognising that belonging isn't always about returning to where you started. It's about discovering your place within the vast, contradictory fabric of the country itself.
- Author: Indrajeet More
- Publisher: Penguin eBury Press
- Genre: Travel Writing & Guides
- ISBN: 978-0143469841
- Pages: 328 pages