A tryst with the midnight sun in Finland, a slow boat down the Amazon or a walk down Tahiti’s white beaches. This New Year is all about the new. So move over, Goa and Kerala
02 December 2009A villager in Orissa has got letters from Mother Teresa, Neil Armstrong, Edmund Hillary, George Bush, Jimmy Carter...
26 November 2009It’s time for music enthusiasts to make their annual pilgrimage. In its ninth year, Ruhaniyat, a mystic music festival, is bringing in artistes from India, Egypt, Iran and Indonesia
18 November 2009Cosy little cottages and heritage homestays run by enterprising couples are attracting the avid Indian traveller far more than jazzy resorts with spas.
21 October 2009Move over, truffle chocolates. This year it’s baklava from Turkey, pavlova from New Zealand and dates from Jordan. As Forrest Gump’s momma would say, you never know what you’ll get next
14 October 2009There is something about the ‘budha sadhu’ that defies classification—something pure and trustworthy about his no-nonsense spirit.
30 September 2009The Purana Qila is no longer just a scenic backdrop to the annual dance festival, Ananya: The Unparalleled. It’s playing a starring role in many performances.
30 September 2009Drool alert: plush standalone eateries in the metros are making the once-humble buffet much hipper than it ever was.
23 September 2009Those familiar with Rabindranath Tagore’s works will be surprised, shocked even, to find his poems reinterpreted in modern choreographies by noted Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancers.
16 September 2009Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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