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En route to elsewhere – going cross-country across India

(On taking India’s longest train journey by the Himsagar Express.) (This piece was published in Mint Lounge on 29 Jan […]

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The rain train – travelling through Kerala in the monsoon

(14 hours and 600km in pouring rain – on spending a day in a train with the South West Monsoons […]

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Gokarna – The Lost Waterfront

(On exploring four forgotten beaches in Gokarna on Karnataka’s west coast). (This piece appears in the Jan 2011 issue of […]

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Riding the quiet backwaters

(Kerala’s backwaters come alive at the annual Nehru Trophy Boat Races in Alleppey.) (This piece features in the November 2010 […]

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Nowhere in Kerala – exploring Bekal

(On a nowhere land in Kerala, and on its ambitions of being a tourist destination). (This piece features in the […]

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Notes From Travancore – where there are salesmen, refreshments and murdered romantic notions

A town of salesmen “You have to go to YMCA? Left and straight – half a km” he said, and […]

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