India, Oct. 5 -- I think I have finally found a sport I actually enjoy. And no, it is not yoga. It is golf. I recently spent a weekend in Chandigarh at Forest Hill Resorts, where I was introduced to the basics of golf and, quite unexpectedly, to the idea of a golfcation. It was also my first stay at the newly opened Wilderness Lodge at Forest Hill, a luxury retreat set in the foothills of the Shivaliks, close to Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. I went in thinking I would spend a quiet weekend at a resort, try my hand at golf and come back home. Instead, 48 hours later, I was thinking about golf, land restoration, the plants in my own home and how we need to rethink the way we holiday.

I had never really thought of golf as something I would bui...