Manjiri JSA

When Samiksha first set foot in Leh, she felt the air itself carried something different. It was thinner, of course, but charged with an ancient presence, as though the mountains whispered stories of centuries gone by. She and Karan had dreamt of this trip for years, tracing maps during late-night

When Sayali Pawar first booked her trip to Leh-Ladakh with Thrillophilia, she thought she had a fair idea of what awaited her. High mountain passes, cold deserts, monasteries clinging to cliffs, and lakes that change their colours with the sky. But nothing, not even the dozens of photos she had