No guide. No jeep. No map. Imagine a flat, cracked land extending from one end of the horizon to the other. That’s the Wild Ass Sanctuary,

Unaware of my presence, it appeared be purposefully headed to work, bagpack on its back, trying not to be late.

The slightly sticky and smokey jaggery, Nolen Gur, makes its way into Bengali sweets in winters, but goes through an elaborate extraction...

In the largest camel fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan, a local and a foreigner truly sit at the opposite ends of the world in their thoughts ab...

‘Edible Archives’ at the Kochi Muziris Biennale '18-19 is an infra-project that invites you to create archives in your memory of rice tha...

With tasty new inclusions, this edition of the hyacinth bean festival has 4 distinct food sections – Traditional South Indian, experiment...

7 Sunday specials that are so very Bangalore! And, many more that you can catch on any other day. Experience the soul of Bangalore in the...

Celebrated for nine long days with feverish fervour, Navratri is dedicated to all the nine forms of Goddess Durga. Here's a photo tribute...

Before the serene, devotion-invoking Ganpati idols make their way into the streets of Mumbai, they meet their creators here. The Ganpati ...

In the dense darkness of a typical Naga home, made of woven bamboo and dried leaves, devoid of windows and electricity, it is hard to see...

A morning in Varanasi beyond the ghats, the Ganga, the sadhus and the devotees. An ordinary morning with an ordinary person that led to a...

Far, far from the madding crowd, the desire to live on a secluded island comes true. Kayal in Malayalam means backwater. And, that’s what...

How an off-beat assignment in December '17 took me to Gokarna, where I learnt respect for physical hard work, the value of doing nothing,...

Every year the elephant-headed lord, Ganpati or Ganesh, is brought home by millions in Mumbai. Serene-looking idols of various sizes, som...

It’s, perhaps, what crosses every Gujarati man’s mind every 7 seconds. Every Gujarati woman’s too. It's a four-lettered word that’s mostl...

Kanyakumari is where the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea come together in one itinerary. Where you can see sunrise an...

Though a place housing 1600 dead isn't the best to go to post sunset, you better be there this evening! On most other days, it's the best...

The best way to reach the beautiful backwaters is not by train or bus, but by travelling up a backwater itself. But it took a bit of gett...