travel

Down the Raging River

Akshay Kumar

The first ever descent down the mighty Brahmaputra on a raft

Spiritual Surf’s Up

Madhavankutty Pillai

A stay at an unusual ashram that promotes surfing

Go On, Get Out of Here

Sheetal Vyas

A selection of 25 choice holidays for the season

A Lifetime in Ink

Isa EsAsi

A travelling tattoo artist, Isa EsAsi carries memories of the many friendships she made across the world on her own body

A Twist in Time

Ishrat Syed

Bombay and Diu—new travels in old footsteps

Call of the Road

Arindam Mukherjee

The lure of a job got Arindam Mukherjee to pack his life in his car and travel the breadth of the American continent and back. He conquered the road, and also regained his confidence.

At 40º C if you can’t handle the heat, it’s time to get out of the plains. But where to? We squinted at the globe, stared at the map and called the experts to come up with a summer travel menu of places that’ll re-sap your spirits. Read on for where to smell the wildflowers, listen to the stomp of wildebeest and how to jump off an aircraft so you can hurtle earthwards at 200 kmph.