title: Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey
author:  Abhijeet Deshpande 
description: Abhijeet Deshpande is an accidental nomad. His stints in corporate and diplomatic organizations have offered him opportunities to immerse in various cultures. Over time, the frequency and length of his travel has steadily risen. To keep up, his choices have been changing toofrom planned holidays to spontaneous ones, from fixed schedules to flexible ones, and from working full-time assignments to freelancing. Be it backpacking the wilderness or exploring urban landscapes, Abhijeet has been a minimalist traveler for over twenty years and counting. Follow his articles on www.backpackingseries.com
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  ALSO BY BISHWANATH GHOSH
  
  
  
  
  
  Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop but Never Get Off
  
  
  (2009)
  
  
  
  
  
  Tamarind City: Where Modern India Began
  
  
  (2012)
  
  
  
  
  
  Longing, Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta
  
  
  (2014)
  
  
  
  
  
  Gazing at Neighbours: Travels Along the Lines That Partitioned India
  
  
  (2017)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  First published by Tranquebar, an imprint of Westland Publications Private
  Limited, in 2019
  
  
  1st Floor, A Block, East Wing, Plot No. 40, SP Infocity, Dr MGR Salai,
  Perungudi, Kandanchavadi, Chennai 600096
  
  
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  trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates.
  
  
  Copyright © Bishwanath Ghosh, 2019
  
  
  ISBN: 9789389152005
  
  
  The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the
  facts are as reported by him, and the pub