Living

Land of the Buddhist Dead

Madhavankutty Pillai

The first empire in India was founded here, but Rajgir has little to show for it

City of Love

Shubhangi Swarup

The romance of romance in Istanbul

Memories of Another Winter

Avtar Singh

Five ever-charming destinations—from the doable to the daring

Ride into the Thai Sunset

Ishan Tankha

Try Thailand if you love being on a bike. It is cheap too

A Traveller’s Tale

Hartosh Singh Bal

As a hill station, Pachmarhi has more on offer than its hyped Himalayan counterparts. And it is a little less overrun by tourists

A Winter’s Trail

Bijoy Venugopal

Some numb-fingered recollections

Sweet Success

Anuradha Nagraj

How a new form of drip therapy is helping a district in north Karnataka keep pregnancies safe

Single and Surfing

Amrita Tripathi

It looks the same, clicks the same and links the same. You even encounter the same sort of weirdos. But there are huge differences between online dating in India and the West

An Appointment with the Sexpert

Lhendup G Bhutia

Mahinder Watsa is a rage in Mumbai. Lemon drops for contraception or PVC-pipe penises, the 88-year-old doctor has answers for anything you ever wanted to know about sex but were too busy laughing to ask