Riding up to Alegria Beach in Siargao through wind and rain
Wearing blue beach shorts and a light black jacket-cum-waterproof over my thin white T-shirt, I’m whooshing at 65kmph through...
Wearing blue beach shorts and a light black jacket-cum-waterproof over my thin white T-shirt, I’m whooshing at 65kmph through...
Flour, salt, sugar, butter and milk. The basics of a million different dishes all over the world. Every country,...
As a kid, one of my fondest memories of Durga Puja in Kolkata has always been checking the countdown...
Time: A bright afternoon in early October. Place: Kolkata in the mid-2000s. Upon her return from school on the...
Summer is officially over in this part of the world. The rains have started, the mercury is falling, the...
It must have been more than a decade ago that I read “Biswasghatok” (The Traitor) by Narayan Sanyal, based...
It was far away… a rather small and indistinct structure. But spotting your first iceberg is special. And it...
Indians are not known as the best co-passengers. They tend to be loud, have little or no sense of...
I’d totally forgotten that there existed a tiny airport serving Durgapur. I had a family wedding to attend in...
Vietnam is currently one of the world’s most up-and-coming travel destinations and not without reason. The place is incredibly...
My mother has just reached Canada and met her penpal of 46 years for the first time ever! It...
Hell is not somewhere you plan on visiting. But when in Beppu, you should do just that. All eight...
Among the many things travel teaches you is how things you take for granted back home don’t come easily...
WHY I WENT? Some weeks before I was about to leave for Australia, a colleague of mine lent me...
As a person with an Indian passport, visa is something that more often than not becomes the most important...
Soon after the devastating fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, many people who have visited the French capital...
Only yesterday, I noticed a friend posting pictures of herself in Philadelphia. I got really excited and asked her...
Charlottesville to me is this incredibly beautiful little city that is obsessed with the third US President Thomas Jefferson....
At a time destinations such as Venice, Barcelona, Dubrovnik and Machu Pichhu are introducing tickets and tourist taxes to...
I have only been in Gujarat four days and it’s been good to me so far. I’m staying in the...
Credit cards. Those guys from the bank call all the time pestering you to take one. But you don’t trust...
Japan is a different world and if you are thinking of going somewhere but haven’t decided where, consider Japan....
I had my first experience with pad Thai at a shack on the way to a beach on a...
Travelling to Kashmir has always been on my bucket list and this time I finally made it! I’d always...
A lot of people go to Germany for war tourism. I go because I love the food and the...
It’s possible to travel the world for as little as USD200 a month. I’m not saying it. Alex says...
Since Donald Trump took charge as US President, I found a lot of people around me speculating whether getting...
Malaysia is pretty well connected by flights from India. Apart from the several direct connections to Kuala Lumpur, India’s...
I was quite surprised the first time I saw two grown men greeting each other with loud kisses on...
Of all the people I know, only one person has been to Saturna Island, which is situated off mainland...
Khecheopalri village is 34km from the touristy town of Pelling in India’s Sikkim state, which nestles in the Himalayas. I...
I seriously considered turning back as I stood in front of the grand Meiji-era building. This was the Takegawara...
“Why Yoron?” Chie wasn’t the first person to ask me this question. That I was in Japan was itself pretty random!...