Somewhere between building INUK and the Executive MBA, my husband Mani and I took on something neither of us strictly had time for: we're building a homestay.
Kunja Village Homestay is a small, unique place to stay in Kunja, in the hills of Almora. After two decades of careers lived almost entirely on screens, there's something deeply grounding about a project you can stand inside — one made of stone and wood and a view, not code.
I love seeing new places, and I've come to realise the ones that stay with you are rarely the polished ones. They're the ones that feel lived in — where someone clearly cared. That's the whole brief we've set ourselves: build the kind of stay we'd want to arrive at after a long road up into the hills.
More as it takes shape.