India

Pretty sure, you have heard of FabHotels whose chain of hotel rooms extend all over India. And Mumbai is obviously not forgotten while growing their chain. Whether you are a leisure traveler or a business traveler, with or without a group…
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After almost a year of being confined to Bengaluru’s city limits, the idea of a seaside sojourn felt life-changing. But this wasn’t going to be just any beach holiday. A few hours from Goa’s madding crowd is the coastal town of Gokarna in…
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In 1947, Delhi’s landscape changed irrevocably when the country broke up and millions moved across borders leaving their ancestral homes behind. As an ode to the city that became home to thousands of refugees, an all-new Partition Museum…
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Inside the tent, I hear the morning before I see it. Chweep. Caoooo. Rutta-tat-tat-tattt. A bird orchestra streams in through the patio, blurring the edges of my 6 a.m. dream. I wake up fresh but disoriented. Why does my tent have glass…
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As a child growing up in the small coastal town of Mangalore in Karnataka, I would get into my Sunday best faster than usual if I knew we were visiting St Aloysius Chapel. The promise of steaming hot vada-chutney and masala dosa at…
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Lounging by a cosy homestay cum café overlooking the snow-crowned mountains that ensconce Joshimath, I reminisce these last four weeks in Uttarakhand. All of last year, the pandemic took a toll on our health, the sluggish months but a blur…
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Three stations before Karjat on Mumbai’s Central Line lies Shelu, the kind of village where two SUVs cannot run next to each other. Ours definitely did not, and my friend and I had to back down to make room for a loaded truck before making…
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Celebratory indulgences, just like Holi’s grandiosity, are colourfully delicious. Homes and streets are lined with food spreads that come in all shapes and flavours: bite-sized mithais are on full display at sweet shops; large thalis and…
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As much of a nature-lover and urban antagonist I am, there are some places that cannot be fully appreciated unless you surrender to its chaos. Shillong tops that list, and also has a musical bedrock that influences its entire culture. It…
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Trivandrum, the original name of the capital city of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram is one of the largest cities in the southern state. Endowed with the presence of so many flourishing and thriving industries, malls, well-defined shopping…
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If you squint hard and gaze long enough, there’s a Nashik that stretches beyond the manicured vineyards catering predominantly to the upper crust, wine-and-cheese tourist. This city, once purely an industrial backwater to Mumbai or pilgrim…
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Tucked away in sunny, tropical Kerala is a cool green paradise called Munnar with salubrious climate at all time of the year. Away from heat and dust Munnar has few of thee finest tea plantations in the world and the Best time to visit…
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