Destination

Home to some of India’s oldest people, a crabby volcano and some of the most expensive timbers, and unique avifaunal wealth, apart from the allure of their underwater...

The multi-layered appeal of Punjab lies in the contrary, open-hearted, liberal landscape of its culture. Step off the train at Amritsar railway station and you are immediately enveloped...

Pitched at a height of 9,500 and 10,500 ft in the Garhwal Himalayas the alpine meadowland (bugyal) resort of Auli stands hard by the borderlines of the pristine...

Symbols of the Power and Glory of Maratha Might India has sought to get UNESCO to recognize its ‘Maratha Military Landscapes’ as a World Heritage Site for the...

Serene and spectacular mountain retreat Uttarakhand has a veritable treasure trove of dreamy holiday destinations, exploited for their summertime charms.  Now many of them have quietly transformed into...

A Sacred Bonding If there’s any place on Earth that is auspicious for weddings, it’s the holy city of Varanasi, the Kashi of old, nestling by the hallowed...

Sublime Laccadive—This One’s for You  You can take a bet that half the celebs who’ve been rushing off to the Maldives, aren’t even aware that we have an...

Unearthing a Precious Legacy from Antiquity The pitiless, unblinking gaze of a summer sun rests on the baked mud of the walled city of Dholavira, one of the...

A Shining Cauldron Of Multicultural Infusions  Chanced upon by accident in 1828 by Captain Lloyd who had been deputed to settle a dispute between Sikkim and Nepal, the...

A traveller’s pan-India guide to explore this incredible legacy From the diamonds from the Golconda to the gold from Kolar mines…from the pearls of Hyderabad to the ruby...