For city dwellers, silence is a rare commodity. And quietude was what I was looking for on a weekend trip to Maachli, a farm stay in Vengurla in Maharashtra’s southwestern district…
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Having a child forces you to get out of your comfort zone and see and do things differently. Before we had Anika, my husband and I had lived in Mumbai for…
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Virgin Group founder Richard Branson owns an island, so does actor Johnny Depp. But you don’t have to be a superstar or business tycoon to enjoy the perks of a…
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The moment our boat pulled away from the jetty and glided further into Lake Pichola is when I fell in love with Udaipur! If you could break up a day…
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We turned left off SG Highway past gleaming glass and steel buildings and entered a neighbourhood that seemed to be stuck in time, wedged somewhere between the past and the future. We drove past camel…
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Doubts about my sanity and impending travel plan were topmost on my mind as I gulped down the last of my chai. My mobile phone was ringing and Kuldip’s name flashed…
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India is a country that saturates your senses and the best way to see it if you are up for an adventure, is to take a train ride. In a city…
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We have all grown up listening to stories of a Prince charming who rescues a Princess from distress thereby changing her life forever. Move over Prince, times have changed and the…
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An elderly woman deftly strung jasmine buds into garlands at her flower stall outside the Kasba Ganpati temple. She looked up at us occasionally—a motley group of individuals exploring the older…
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A good way to instil curiosity about India’s past in a child’s mind is by taking them to some of the magnificent monuments around the country. Belonging to different…