LA VIE EN ROSE
Paris is undoubtedly the style capital of the world. The roads, the buildings, the patisserie, the food, the fashions, the perfumes - everything bows at the altar of style
IN THE SHADOW OF SHAHRUKH
At times, it seemed that wherever in the world my travels took me, Shahrukh Khan would have reached the previous day or was slated to arrived the next day, keenly awaited by the breathless populace
BALI
Beaches, handicrafts, culture, spas - there is much to commend Bali as a holiday destination with its laidback air.
GATHERING KIWI FRUIT IN NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has co-opted its 'national' fruit from elsewhere, but there's no doubt that it has acquired name and fame more than anywhere else
WAKING TO A NEW SUNRISE ~ FROM THE ARCHIVES
This story was published in 1998, when things were a world away from what they are in today's Srinagar. Fortunately indeed!
HITCH-HIKER IN KASHMIR
I have been visiting Kashmir ever since 1987. First as a photographer and tourism brochure writer and later as the wife of a Kashmiri. This is a personalized account of my travels
ISMAIL MERCHANT: FROM THE ARCHIVES
A bon vivant if ever there was one. I met him for this piece a year before he tragically passed away
THE OLIVE TREE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN
The fascinating countries around the Mediterranean Sea all share many commonalities inspite of being on three different continents
THE GODS MUST BE ANGRY
It is terrifying what ecological destruction can be wreaked by thousands of pilgrims converging on a lonely mountainside temple
SRI LANKA
A tear-drop shaped island just south of the Indian sub-continent is a melting pot of various cultures and their cuisines that have made it their home.