Q We are a group of five, planning to visit Vaishno Devi. We will be starting from Kurukshetra during the last week of January and will first reach Katra and then plan to start the...
Like a tram in the sky
A trip in Wuppertal’s floating tram can be exhilarating and terrifying at the same time, especially when raining,
After jostling for space in a typical Indian...
Notes from a Green Isle
A causeway made by a giant. The world’s best linen. Brightly coloured doors that speak of a country’s defiance. Colleen Braganza writes about gloriously...
Far and away in Uruguay’s beach villages
As I stood clueless in the patch of sand that is Cabo Polonio’s downtown, a local provided directions to my hotel that were perfect for...
Losing oneself in a timeless space
In Ladakh, where roads are jagged and wind along snow-covered mountains, the destination is not as important as the journey itself
We don’t explore...
Life in the land of the dead
If you’re tired of the touristy areas of Jaisalmer’s Desert National Park, just
follow its animals and birds. They take you near the Indo-Pak border,...
When I took on the Chinese
On a trip to Bum La in Arunachal Pradesh, Girish Deshpande agreed to arm-wrestle a Chinese captain and hoped for the best
Back in September, after being...
Beauty in the beast
Masai Mara is home to more than 470 bird species
The lion, no doubt, is the most breathtaking of the Big Five
You really wouldn’t want to mess with an...