Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria

100 Episodes - A reason to celebrate, a reason to reflect. This week, we don’t have a postcard, but a long conversation about travel. Utsav speaks with Chuck, the host of Getting Meta, about slow travel, the evolution of Postcards from Nowhere, and what drives him to travel in the first place. This conversation is about the person, beyond the podcast. Tune in, and discover the new Manifesto of the show, and get a glimpse of what’s in store for the coming weeks. You can check previous episodes of The Kashmir Diaries on IVM Podcasts website : https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They form 12% of the population of J & K, and yet their story is missing from the larger discourse of Kashmir. The Gujjar-Bakarwals are the nomadic pastoralists who migrated from Rajasthan in the 6th Century, and continue to live off the land. This week, in the third episode of the Kashmir Diaries, we delve into the uncertain future of the community, caught in the web of nationalism, religion, environmental conversation and a disappearing lifestyle. Tune in, and understand the uncomfortable complexities they live in, and what it tells us about Kashmir and the world at large. Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin, and Sunken Tanks:- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization, and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Two systems of writing time developed independently: One in Kashmir, and the other in Kerala. But they developed in completely different cultural milieus. And its all connected to the parking lot of Maulana Azad Medical college in Delhi. This week, in the second episode of The Kashmir Diaries, we delve into the art of Persian and Sanskrit chronograms, which have been used for centuries for everything from poetry to statecraft to science. Tune in, and explore the beauty of these chronograms, and how they provide us hope in the preservation of our intangible cultural heritage. Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin, and Sunken Tanks:- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization, and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could be common between the towns in the Isfahan province of Iran, and the city of Srinagar in Kashmir? And how could they show us two ends of the same spectrum? This week, starting a new series, The Kashmir Diaries, we travel to Srinagar and meet the last craftsman of a dying art - Rosewater making. But there is more to rosewater than being a beauty product and a food additive. There is a much richer legacy which is also dying with it. Tune in, and discover the story of the man behind it all, and ponder over an increasingly relevant question - How do we preserve our intangible cultural heritage? Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin, and Sunken Tanks:- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization, and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You  can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a corner of northwestern United States, live a group of Native American people known as the Navajo, who in their language has no word for religion or art. But they have a very unique philosophy which encompasses both - Hózhó. This week, join me in understanding the life philosophy of the Navajo people, and what lessons it holds for us - as travelers and as humans. Tune in to discover how we should live in an increasingly globalized world, one threatened by pandemics and climate change. Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin, and Sunken Tanks:- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization, and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website: https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1845, a young student at the University of Oxford wrote a poem that led him to win the Newdigate Prize. His poem was about a place he never visited. 130 years later, a nurse from New Zealand traveling through this very place, fell in love with a man, married, and started living with him - in a cave!  This week, in the fifth episode of Beneath the Veneer, we travel to Petra in Jordan and experience the hymn of nature which has been playing since the advent of time. Tune in, and discover how the emotion of awe fundamentally changes us as human beings, and what we could learn from the Bedouins of Petra. Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin, and Sunken Tanks:- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization, and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website: https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the arid desert landscapes of Jordan, amongst the Balga tribe of Bedouins, is the famous story of the Ibn Khaltan, a man known all over for his incredible generosity, bordering on madness. This week, in the fourth episode of Beneath the Veneer, we travel to Little Petra in Jordan, and understand the intimate aspects of Bedouin hospitality. Tune in, and discover how Utsav had a very memorable experience of this hospitality, and how the bediouns know something, much beyond religion, which could be a guiding light for all us worldwide. Check out the other episodes on Beneath the Veneer: Jordan Red Sea, Tintin and Sunken Tanks :- https://ivm.today/3du4fAE Jordan, Civilization and Buri Nazar! :- https://ivm.today/3hp1qDi Amman, Ashok Chakra and Swastik :- https://ivm.today/3wI7pao You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could a statue of an Islamic ruler in the Umayyad dynasty near Jordan have in common with Ashoka Pillar in Sarnath India? How does Jordan, a country with a 95% Islamic population, have aspects of Hinduism and Buddhism in its architecture. This week, in the third episode of Beneath the Veneer, we travel to Amman in Jordan and Jericho in Palestine, and uncover the fascinating story of cultural migrations. Tune in, to discover how the Swastik, an inherently Indian symbol, has mysteries and is found all over the world. Check out the other episodes on Bombay Colaba, Mark Twain and Dr. Ambedkar: https://ivm.today/342dDWM Dadar, Railways and Outer Space: https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 Cotton Green, American Civil War and Rise of Bombay: https://ivm.today/3oWu54Q You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These structures are found all over the world right from Europe all the way to South Korea. They are seen in India too, 2,200 of them, but I can assure you that none of you have seen it. This week, in the second episode of Beneath the Veneer, we travel to one such structure in Jordan, and how it sends us on a meandering journey to discover the secrets of human civilisation. Tune in, to discover what these structures are, where you can see them in India and how they are linked to the Indian national obsession, Buri Nazar! Check out the other episodes on Bombay Colaba, Mark Twain and Dr. Ambedkar: https://ivm.today/342dDWM Dadar, Railways and Outer Space: https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 Cotton Green, American Civil War and Rise of Bombay: https://ivm.today/3oWu54Q You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What could the iconic cartoon character Tintin possibly have in common with a marine biologist which kickstarted the global environmental movement. And what could both of them possibly have to do with a small nation in West Asia? This week, starting a new series, Beneath the Veneer, we travel to the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, where Utsav takes you through his first experience of encountering the Red Sea. Tune in, and discover what secrets the ocean has in store for us. Check out the other episodes on Bombay Colaba, Mark Twain and Dr. Ambedkar: https://ivm.today/342dDWM Dadar, Railways and Outer Space: https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 Cotton Green, American Civil War and Rise of Bombay: https://ivm.today/3oWu54Q You can check previous episodes of Dark Tourism on IVM Podcasts website https://ivm.today/3xuayw9 You can reach out to our host Utsav on Instagram: @whywetravel42 (https://www.instagram.com/whywetravel42) You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.