

India tourism office in Beijing did not even have a director till March this year. In fact, there was no need for one – outbound figures hovered around 50,000 accounting…

'Telling Tales' is an ongoing series on my more memorable fellow travellers.
Pierre found his daughter Rebecca in more places than he looked. Strangers came up to him and…

Where would we all head to if there were no more snow-capped peaks? Where would we trek if there were no more forests to trail? At the rate the polar…

“Walking is a virtue, tourism is a deadly sin,” said Bruce Chatwin. Any traveller worth his visa can rant offhand many promenades of perambulation – from the whole of Siena…
‘Mela’ must have its origins here. Around me were colourful plastic goggles like props-in-calling for the retro-theme Vespa ads, mandating humungous physical strength from the parents to pry away boys…
Champakali When the roads are too long
And the sun really strong
I feel awesome
There, out of nowhere
20,000 Lakes everywhere
I feel awesome
Champakali and I squished through…

As a little boy, there were so many things I knew I had to have the instant I set my eyes on it. The faculty remained intact as I grew…

Bathing is an adult equivalent of kids playing – it does not have to be planned in advance and whenever it happens much delight is derived from it. I might…

You have not seen azure till you have been to Pigeon Island in Sri Lanka. This deepwater harbour a kilometre away from the Nilaveli Beach in Trincomalee, spreads out azure…