Visiting a Historic, and Hidden, Area of Mumbai
by Khotachiwadi, a historic area of Mumbai, is like Platform 9 3/4 in the Harry Potter series: invisible to all but those who know exactly where …
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Of Kipling and goblins
The petite Indian city of Bundi has played muse to artists – most famously, writer Rudyard Kipling, photographer Virginia Fass and poet Rabindranath Tagore – …
Straits ahead: Malacca in Mint
Iam trying hard not to laugh at my guide. He has been very friendly, chatting in Tamil on the bus to Malacca. He has also …
Vienna: My Kind Of Place
Why Vienna Vienna consistently tops surveys as the best city to live in (most recently the Mercer 2010 “Quality of Living” survey of 215 cities). …
Meanwhile…
So it’s been over a month since Itchy Feet had any updates. Been on holiday in Europe for my tenth anniversary – 22 days in …
Have trumpet, will blow
Turns out I am a travel junkie. Not just that but a ‘top travel junkie on facebook’. So there. idiva has featured me on World …
Stranger in my country
Published in Mint Lounge (September 04) as Stranger in a strange land… *** Nancy is the local school teacher at Lachung village in North Sikkim …
Ladakh on my mind
My thoughts are with the warm and friendly people of Ladakh and the devastation caused by the recent cloudburst over Leh. I take a break …