Why We Love India

Just when we thought India had beaten the odds and overcome the pandemic, a deadly second wave hit the country in April 2021. Life came to a standstill again, the streets were stripped of their colours, the intricate social fabric of communities torn apart, and the international borders sealed. Now, coronavirus cases are on the decline again, the door is ajar, and hope peeks out. As India waits to welcome visitors to its shores, around the world people who share a special connection with the country recall their most cherished memories and express a yearning to come back—once travel is safe again.

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A writer, journalist, and events producer for the British Library, BEE ROWLETT lived in India from 2015 to 2018 and is a regular on the panels of the Jaipur Literature Festival. Within UK’s sealed borders, she and her family often leaned on their travel memories of India for comfort.

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