Tramping the Dusty Roads
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
Notes
Chat
Down History's Dusty Pages.
My Worn & Dusty Musings
Delhi
Footprints on a Dusty Globe
The Dusty Pages: Book Reviews
Live from the Dusty Roads
Archive
Newsletters
Leaderboard
About
We loved the beautiful spirit of the Ziro Music Festival
Music, nature, and the local culture combined to create magic!
Oct 17, 2025
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
1
Starting with Haridwar
The town just does not attract me. But, people love the place.
Mar 19
•
Rajiv Chopra
3
1
2
2:49
Substack Half Dead: Somewhere there's a party.
Somewhere there's a war.
Mar 16
•
Rajiv Chopra
2
1
2
9:05
Imagine, if you will, a world without images.
Consider this episode to be the start of a long thought experiment.
Mar 15
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
4
2
On Photography: Truth and Ethics
Does photography reveal your truths and your ethics?
Mar 10
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
1
Most Popular
View all
Lohri: A young, yet primeval festival.
Jan 14
•
Rajiv Chopra
6
1
2
Preconceived notions. Buddhism. Animism.
Oct 30, 2025
•
Rajiv Chopra
5
4
2
Should you visit India? Yes or No?
Jan 24, 2025
•
Rajiv Chopra
4
9
3
A cuppa chai makes the world go round!
Aug 6, 2025
•
Rajiv Chopra
4
6
2
Latest
Top
Discussions
10:47
What does the future hold?
James Mudd gave a talk in 1865 - A Photographer's Dream. What was his fear?
Mar 5
•
Rajiv Chopra
2
1
Danger often lurks beneath a calm surface
We discovered someone’s murderous underbelly in Allahabad
Mar 3
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
1
7:18
Make me a pro, dear camera!
Is it the camera that makes you a professional, or is it your effort?
Mar 1
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
1
Blind Rage in Ayodhya and Poona
And why I detest bigotry and organized religion
Feb 24
•
Rajiv Chopra
3
6
2
11:33
Build your muscle memory. Else...
If you do not put in the effort, you won't learn and your skills will atrophy.
Feb 22
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
1
1:27
Substack Quarter Dead: Calcutta
Watch now | Calcutta has many colonial buildings that are rotting. Yet...
Feb 20
•
Rajiv Chopra
4
7
2
Reclaiming History II: Genghis Khan
There is more to the old Khan than is revealed by Voltaire's writings.
Feb 18
•
Rajiv Chopra
2
Substack Half-Live: In Bolpur
Substack Live sucks when you are on the road!
Feb 16
•
Rajiv Chopra
1
5
1
11:46
Dhyana & Photography
Call it what you want. Get into the zone and then start your work!
Feb 15
•
Rajiv Chopra
3
1
See all
Tramping the Dusty Roads
This Substack publication is about my travels, photography, history, and essays on past and future journeys. It contains essays on photography, historical and other musings, and essays, as well as a few essays on books I read.
Subscribe
Recommendations
View all 33
Clarity with Cory
Cory Allen
On Looking
Julien Posture
The Bittman Project
A Writer's Notebook
Summer Brennan
The Substack Post
Substack
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts