Delhi locals are overcoming fear-mongering and illegal mining operations by venturing outdoors, volunteering and ensuring that a hidden swimming hole in Delhi's backyard, the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary, remains pristine and blue.

Though most of us will never act on it, I believe at some point we all have an impulse to go away. What happens when that impulse becomes an inner directive? Upon looking at the geological makeup of the range on Google maps, the deserted wilderness struck us as something unbelievable. Marc’s impulse to leave his country had landed him in India almost 14 years ago.