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| ‘Slow travel’ is the mantra for a clutch of travel entrepreneurs as they introduce intrepid travellers to India’s people and varied cultures, says Suktara Ghosh |
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It was a revelatory tour of Kochi for Mumbai-based documentary photographer Jyotika Jain. When a friend put Jain in touch with Maneesha Panicker of SILK ROUTE Escapes (SRE), she had expected just another tour of the city. Instead she got a behind-the-scenes peek into the meticulous preparation that ... | Read.. |
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He’s a long-haired, bearded and blond Swede and he’s the new blue-eyed boy in the rarefied world of haute cuisine. Magnus Nilsson, the 29-year-old wunderkind ... | Read.. |
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What do you think a chess champion’s house should look like? Well, obviously it has to spill over with awards, citation... | Read.. |
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When I was a young man in bell bottoms, I used to potter around Old Delhi all day. I’d browse around for books, and the... | Read.. |
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Do you raid the fridge for chocolate in the dark marches of the night? Or are Indian sweets like laddus and gulab jamuns your not-so-secret vice? Or are you a cookie monster or a dry fruits person? ... | Read.. |
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| Lights and fireworks, yes, but Diwali is much more that — friends, family, parties, night-long carousing and a tot or two of your favourite tipple
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| TECHNOCOOL |
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| Without a shadow of a doubt, the Samsung Galaxy Note was one of the big surprise tech stories of 2011, and the sales of the u... | Read.. |
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The first turning point in life came when I started working as a banker at the age of 23. After getting a Master’s degr... | Read.. |
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A camel ride organised by White Collar Hippie in Ladakh’s Nubra Valley; (inset) Silk Route Escapes
allows a glimpse backstage before a Kathakali
performance in Kochi; INSET PHOTOGRAPH:
JYOTIKA JAIN;
COURTESY: SILK ROUTE ESCAPES
The roads less travelled |
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