Somewhere between the honking rickshaws, relentless Team pings, and your neighbour’s eternal renovation work (you would know if you live in the metros), there exists a place, or rather, several, where silence isn’t just golden; it’s sacred.
Welcome to the Himalayas, where the decibel levels drop lower than your phone’s ringtone, and the only thing louder might be the crunch of your hiking boots on a pine-strewn trail. If you also want to swap those honking sounds with those occurring naturally in the mountains, here are 9 Himalayan hush-havens where silence isn’t a suggestion, it’s a way of life.