Itmenaan- Written by Rutaksha Rawat

A100-year-old Kumaoni Tibari has been sustainably restored in a human-sparse rural setting, making for the most remotely located leisure resort in India.

Itmenaan Estate in Naogaon, Almora, has many wondrous gifts to offer but the one thing that will strike guests most is the limited human count in its environs. In the span of 3 nights and 4 days, this guest came in contact with only the staff of 7, the manager, Partha Banerjee, 4 guests and approximately 5 to 6 individuals that operated shops in the nearby Chalnichhina market, where we had parked our car before trekking down the steep winding path down to the Estate—a total of 18 people in 4 days!

Now, if you live in India or have ever visited here, you know that is unheard of in this country (notwithstanding geographical location), where 1.2 billion (and growing) of us hum to the beats of our individual existences, producing a collective mega cacophony that is overwhelming even to us, who were born to it and should by that token be immune.

Author Bio:- Rutaksha Rawat is an Indian journalist with years of

experience in the Indian publishing industry. She is currently serving as editor at Benefit Publishing Pvt Ltd, a firm that produces its own publications and also undertakes contract publishing (hard copy or e-version) of magazines, brochures, info booklets, newsletters, and coffee table books for businesses, international & domestic government bodies, and individuals.