JoAnna Haugen
Published 16 hours ago.
About a 5 minute read.
Image: Qayaam Gah Srinagar, a RARE India property | RARE India
Whereas the country’s major cities have attracted the major hotel construction
in the past, boutique properties and hotel chains alike are popping up in
lesser-known areas — to showcase not only the natural appeal but the
proprietors’ commitment to the environment and local communities.
“We should make our own jam.”
I was sipping coffee, listening to the titter of birds over a leisurely
breakfast, when Akhilesh said this. “If we did that, we could reuse the
jars.”
He stated it so casually, as if he had commented on the warm weather. But, then
again, in his role as operations head of Bagh Villas,
Akhilesh (Umesh) Nair is
constantly thinking about the next step, the next project — anything that makes
the property more unique and sustainable.
Once a barren piece of land, the 15-acre Bagh Villas property today is teeming
with thousands of trees…
