sustainable travel india

What happens when a journalist and a rafting pioneer fall in love with a forest? They built Off The Grid — a homestay with no electricity, no fences, and no shortcuts. Nestled 60 km from Dandeli, this solar-powered retreat is a quiet rebellion against everything fast, noisy, and artificial.

Ashwani Khurana (63) started out by planting trees and was so taken up by nature that he devoted his life to the creation of Karma Lakelands in Gurugram. Four forests, a nine-hole golf course, plastic recycled into eco-bricks and more sustainable practices are employed in this eco-resort.