5 Places in India That Will Make You Say "This Is REAL?!" (And Yes, Your Parents Will Say Yes)

Boards are done. Results are out. And while everyone's fighting over the same Manali hotel — there's a whole wild, cinematic, jaw-dropping version of India that most teens have never even heard of. We're talking a river so crystal-clear you can see the riverbed from a boat. A valley that looks like it was lifted straight out of a fantasy film. A living bridge — built from actual tree roots — that's been growing for 500 years. From the misty clouds of Meghalaya to the moon-like silence of Spiti Valley, from ruins that'll make you forget you own a phone to coffee forests that smell like the best morning of your life — India is hiding some seriously insane places, and they're all yours to explore this summer. Chal, nikal. The country is waiting.