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Discovering Hidden Gems Along The Arabian Sea

Discovering Hidden Gems Along The Arabian Sea

Wet & Wild

Trinidad and Tobago is dressing up for iTs annual carnival. Bhaichand Patel Tells you whaT To expecT—from cosTumes and calypso music To rum and cocoa-coloured holi.

Wonder Vale

Wonder Vale

Singapore Airlines A350-900

I will never forget the time flight attendant Devipriya tucked me cosily into a blanket. I was travelling business class on Singapore Airlines’ new Airbus A350 flight from Mumbai to Singapore. I must have had a glass or two of wine too many—and that too fine Chardonnay—which had made me quite drowsy. With noise-cancelling headphones over my ears and the cappella group Pentatonix’s latest album, PTX, Vol. IV— Classics, on loop, I decided to catch a snooze.

The Jungle Books

Despite a healthy scepticism for the concept of luxury jungle lodges, Indranil Datta can’t help being charmed by the Bamboo Forest Safari Lodge in Tadoba. Running into a library helps

Nocturnes

THE SUN HAD SET LONG AGO AND DARKNESS ENVELOPED THE DEEP FORESTS OF AMBOLI. JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO SET OUT IN SEARCH OF THINGS THAT GO BUMP—OR SLITHER—IN THE NIGHT

Metropolis

Amit Dixit is transfixed by the many worlds of Shanghai. and size does matter

War & Peace

In South Korea, Manjula Kalliat finds her way to the Korean demillitarized zone and ends up making an attempt to decipher democracy.

Lanes of Simplicity

 A walk through An Amish village was a walk back in time for Gustasp & Jeroo Irani.

Pujo Sans Borders

Sharmistha Chaudhuri travels to Taki to witness a unique idol immersion that unites the peoples of two countries in faith every year 

The Wow Factor

For 12 years, a travel club has been breaking stereotypes and catering to women high on wanderlust. 

Culture On The Coast

A SOLITARY STROLL ON ODISHA’S SHORES REVEALS A FEW GEMS, LITERAL AND OTHERWISE. 

A City Of Two Tales

GETTING DRUNK ON ART AND THE ART OF GETTING DRUNK, MADRID HAS BOTH FIGURED. AND AMIT DIXIT FIGURED THAT DRINKING FIRST VASTLY IMPROVED HIS APPRECIATION OF ART

Slow By Design

Nature is the first resident at Anupamaa Mangar, a tranquil retreat sequestered in the foothills of the Aravalli near Delhi

To Save And Savour

At Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, Precious Kamei Learns What ‘edutainment’ Is All About

The Vale Profound

Hike-able, likeable and historical Naikana village is home to the comfortable Kot Naikana by Mountways homestay, discovers Manek S. Kohli

An Eternal Flame

Kashi, Banaras Or Varanasi. No Matter What You Call This Holy City, It Will Never Cease To Amaze Artists, Tourists And The Spiritually Inclined, Discovers Sharmistha Chaudhuri

Journey Du Jour

Rishad Saam Mehta Takes The Classic Road From Mumbai To Delhi, But Does It A Little Differently

Ice Age

Antartica, The Truly Wild And Pristine Continent, Untouched By Mankind, Leave A Lasting Impression

A New Gateway To Pushkar

From the Taj Group comes this hotel in Brahma’s land, where luxury and tradition mingle in perfect harmony.

Little Rann Of Kutch

Of Flamingo Dawns and Wild Asses on the Rann.

Isle of Calm

Frequented by Gujaratis for its cheap alcohol, diu is an island full of unexplored possibilities.

Bang For The Black Buck Sanctuary

If you’ve always dreamed of visiting the African savannah, but haven’t quite managed to make the trip, a journey through Saurashtra may help quench your wanderlust. You find lions to the southwest in the peninsula in Gir, and here, at the Velavadar Black Buck Sanctuary and National Park, you’ll find a land of wide-spreading golden grasslands under a deep blue sky, where spiral-horned antelope or the Black Bucks can be seen bounding up out of the grasses.

In The End We Made It

An unplanned road trip made Nitin Chaudhary understand his niece better. this time, the journey really was the destination

Mustard Fields Forever

Mariellen Ward experiences everything she expects in punjab: hearty food, mustard fields, bhangra, a colour riot, and more...

Valley Boys

Actors and besties Kunal Kapoor and Cyrus Sahukar take the ultimate road trip, from Dharamsala to Spiti Valley, in Great Escape with Kunal and Cyrus, which recently began airing on television.

The Ultimate Festival

Nagaland is great at aNy time, but the hornbill Festival seems to Unlock some special magic. staying at a luxury camp helps, says Amit dixit

Secrets Of The Tsango

Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent Has Serendipitous Encounters With The Idu Of The Dibang Valley While Retracing A Historic 1913 Expedition That Tried To Unravel A Victorian Geographical Enigma: Where Did The Waters Of The Tsang Po Eventually Flow? And Were The Tsang Po And The Brahmaputra Indeed One?

Surf's Up

Manek S. Kohli visits Mangalore to witness a sporting event and ends up experiencing an entire culture 

Find Out The Secret Charms Of Thanjavur

The city of the great Brihadisvara is a pilgrimage.