The first time I went to Rishikesh, it was exactly what I expected it to be – cafés spilling out onto narrow lanes, yoga studios tucked into every corner, the Ganga moving steadily alongside it all, and a kind of chaotic calm that only a place like this can hold.…
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Panjim isn’t a place I “go out” to. It’s where my week happens. Meetings spill into coffee, coffee turns into lunch, and sometimes I’m just there because I have an hour to kill between two things. Over time, you start to build a mental map – not of landmarks, but…
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I’ve always liked pairing destinations. So on this trip, after visiting the largest lake in Kerala (Vembanad Lake in Kumarakom), it felt only right to check off the state’s most famous waterfall too. After our stay in Kumarakom, we drove to Kochi to spend the night and break the 100…
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The living root bridges of Meghalaya are self-strengthening natural structures formed by training the aerial roots of Ficus elastica (rubber fig) trees across rivers and streams over decades until they intertwine into load-bearing bridges. They are a living, growing form of architecture found nowhere else on Earth, and they get…
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If you’ve been anywhere near Calangute, Candolim or Baga lately, you’ll know the vibe has… changed. What used to be easy, breezy beach days when we were kids in the 90s, now feel overcrowded, overdone, full of garbage, a little too loud, and overstimulating for a proper unwind. So, where…
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I’ve written extensively about Goa’s best Indian restaurants, South Indian restaurants, the top Pan Asian spots (which, honestly, open and shut faster than I can keep up with), the nicest chaat places, and even where to get your gelato fix. In fact, there are countless listicles like these on my…
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The backwaters of Kerala are one of those places you hear about so often, you start to wonder if they’re a bit overhyped. They’re not. This entire region is a network of rivers, lakes, lagoons, canals, and inlets – stretching over 900 kilometres – running almost parallel to the Arabian…
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I almost didn’t do a houseboat experience in Kerala. Not because I didn’t want to – but because I left it too late. After calling 8–10 operators on the same morning I wanted to go, I realised two things very quickly: one, this is the main experience here, and two,…
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If you travel often enough, you eventually realise something. The things that make a trip easier are rarely the big things. They’re the small items you almost didn’t pack – the shawl that becomes a blanket on a freezing flight, the snack you’re grateful for three hours into a delayed…
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The first thing that hits you in Mechuka is scale. Mountains that feel close enough to touch, valleys that drop away forever, and a silence that swallows sound. This remote valley in Arunachal Pradesh doesn’t politely introduce itself – it kind of demands you notice it. Raw, vast, and completely…
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By late 2025, my travel log for the year was embarrassingly thin – just a food-fueled Bangalore binge, a spontaneous Gujarat hop and a 48-hour in-and-out to Haryana. Nothing wild (except the lions in Gir, of course), nothing that left me dusty, breathless, and with fresh energy to take on 2026.…
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