Avantika Bhuyan

Max Mueller Bhavan is 50. Here’s what’s next

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

A villager in Orissa has got letters from Mother Teresa, Neil Armstrong, Edmund Hillary, George Bush, Jimmy Carter...

It’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

Cosy little cottages and heritage homestays run by enterprising couples are attracting the avid Indian traveller far more than jazzy resorts with spas.

Move 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

There is something about the ‘budha sadhu’ that defies classification—something pure and trustworthy about his no-nonsense spirit.

The 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.

Drool alert: plush standalone eateries in the metros are making the once-humble buffet much hipper than it ever was.

Those 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.