In this issue

It's December again, marking an end to a rather bleak year. With states gradually opening up for tourism again, we've got a list of 20 destinations that you can jet off to, that'll score you the best year-end holiday. From celebrating the gold and red hues of autumn in Kashmir to delving into Arjun Anand's maiden book Hamir: The Fallen Prince of Ranthambore, to joining Jaggi Sadhguru Vasudev on his road journey across North America, this month we offer an inside look into all things 'native'!

RIDER ON THE storm

36 Days, 9,500 miles and 19 states. SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV tells KARAN KAUSHIK about exploring spiritual America

5 mins

INTO THE lair

A childhood tradition, a touch and go with nostalgia, learning and unlearning and eschewing convention.

1 min

BREAKFAST WITH A VIEW OUT OF THE BLUE

IS IT WORTH GIVING the much-hyped ‘floating breakfast’ at Heritance Aarah a shot? The answer can only be in the affirmative. Making the good ol’ breakfast in bed an obsolete concept, Heritance Aarah’s latest offering is for the select few.

1 min

What's Hot In The Food World?

From street food to gourmet meals, try it all!

1 min

Deep Forest

Vana is a wellness retreat like no other. Amit Dixit undergoes a metamorphosis of sorts—of the good kind

4 mins

In Loss, Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi crafts a moving memoir of death and grief

"The Pandemic is the powerful destructive face of nature the animal Kingdom"

3 mins

Extract

OCTOBER 2009—EIGHTEEN MONTHS after my mother had died—I was scouting the net to buy a dresser. An odd, desperate classified: a college student, unable to care for an eight-week-old miniature dachshund puppy, had put her up for adoption. The student arrived at a friend’s office in Khar with the puppy, who had the swift, elusive air of a mongoose; tan, brisk, soft, supple as if drawn out of hot wax.

4 mins

ODISHA BY ROAD

Odisha has hitherto been known primarily for its beautiful Golden Triangle of Bhubaneswar– Puri–Konark, pivoted on Lord Jagannath’s seat.

3 mins

GOING THE GREEN WAY

Odisha is richly endowed with nature, wildlife and biodiversity, thereby making it an ideal escape for a sustainable getaway.

2 mins

THE SILENT CHANGEMAKERS COMMUNITY-MANAGED ECOTOURISM IN ODISHA

Minds are powerful and inevitable, if tuned appropriately”—this is the transformational success story that the Forest Department of Odisha has set forth before the world.

1 min

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