Why on a scooter when larger and more purpose-built motorcycles are easily available? The answer lies in the significant role that these tiny two-wheelers play in the fabric of daily life across this country.
I've read estimates that suggest there are over 45 million scooters on the roads in Vietnam. Step on to the chaotic streets of Ho Chi Minh City and you realise those estimates were possibly quite conservative.
While most other parts of the world look at scooters as basic and possibly less cool modes of transport, here, they take on a persona unlike anything that I've ever seen before.
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A FLUTTERING DISCOVERY
BY THE MIDDLE OF THE last decade, I had been studying Indian butterflies for over 20 years, however, I had never observed butterflies at high altitudes in the trans-Himalayan habitat. So, in 2015, I decided to visit Ladakh to search for butterflies.
THE ❤️ OF ANINI
THE TOURISM \"HEART\" HAS travelled a long way. What began as an advertising campaign for promoting New York in 1977-I❤️NY-is now ubiquitous everywhere in India, from big metro cities (and even neighbourhoods) to smaller towns and villages tucked away in remote regions of the country.
FLAVOURS OF TRADITION
MEMORIES OF HOME- COOKED MEALS INSPIRE CHEF AVINASH MARTINS TO REVIVE AND REIMAGINE TRADITIONAL GOAN DISHES
IN THE SHADOW OF TIME
FROM THE PATEK PHILIPPE MUSEUM ΤΟ THE TOP OF EUROPE, A JOURNEY THROUGH SWITZERLAND MADE ME PONDER: DOES OUR QUEST FOR EFFICIENCY COME AT THE COST OF LIFE'S QUIET BEAUTY?
A SUFI BASANT IN DELHI
BASANT PANCHAMI HAS BEEN celebrated at the dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya since the 12th century.
IS FOOD TASTIER IN THE HILLS?
CELEBRITY FOOD EXPERT AND TV PERSONALITY, ROCKY SINGH, DECODES WHY FOOD TASTES DIFFERENT AT HIGHER ALTITUDES
The BEST FOOD TOURS TO EXPLORE IN 2025
READY TO TAKE YOUR TASTEBUDS ON A GLOBAL JOURNEY? DIVE INTO THE BEST FOOD ADVENTURES WITH THIS LIST OF THE MOST IMMERSIVE CULINARY EXPERIENCES
FOOD AS IDENTITY
THE 2019 FILM 'AXONE' HIGHLIGHTS THE STRUGGLE OF PRESERVING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN A DIVERSE SOCIETY, URGING VIEWERS TO SEE FOOD AS A BRIDGE TO UNDERSTANDING, NOT A BARRIER
OF TAPAS PAELLA AND CHURROS
THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO EXPLORE THE CULINARY OFFERINGS OF MADRID THAN THROUGH ITS OFF-THE-GRID CAFÉS AND BARS IN NONDESCRIPT SPACES
THE LAND OF FRANKINCENSE
EMBARK ON A SURREAL EXPLORATION OF OMAN'S HIDDEN WONDERS, FROM GRAVITY-DEFYING LANDSCAPES TO FOG-SHROUDED HILLS TO LUSH, PICTURESQUE WADIS
