Joyful RENEWAL

It is only when the whiff of kathi rolls surrounds the street corners and the neighbourhood phuchkawala plops a fresh phuchka in my folded sal leaf platter, will I know that Kolkata is back to normal, muses

ARTEFACTS of Crises

THE CRISIS BROUGHT IN by the COVID-19 pandemic was followed by relief packages, e-passes and coupons issued by the government to facilitate the movement of essential goods and people.

What's Hot In The Food World?

From street food to gourmet meals, try it all!

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS

...Open a charming farmstay. In retrospect, Citrus County Hoshiarpur seems crafted just for a post-COVID world. AMIT DIXIT made a tangy holiday of it.

WITH ALL MY LOVE

Navigating her way through the French drapes, SOHINEE BASU reminisces about her whirlwind winter love affair with Puducherry

WILDERNESS BOUND

Magnificent big cats, local flora and fauna, and a unique biodiversity, Rajasthan's wildlife beckons the intrepid traveller

UNDER EASTERN Skies

While the nip in the air frosts your nose, the swatches of green will delight your soul.

WHAT'S OPENING UP & WHERE TO GO

As states slowly begin to open their doors for tourism, they are also gearing up for the ‘new normal’. Here is everything you need to know about travelling domestically post-COVID

Travelling Within Boundaries

IT’S A STRANGE time to start writing a travel column. In some ways, we have brought this new reality upon ourselves. Travel, for pleasure and business, had become more of a necessity than a luxury; a lifestyle need, not just a choice. While we globalised and became economically flatter, we also globalised local diseases.

TAKING THE HIGH ROAD

For the vagabond spirit, the roads of Odisha are like a dream swing in the cradle of scenic vistas

Chant of the Buddha

Monasteries and stupas reign supreme on Odisha’s enlightenment trail

The Great Hospitality Crisis

Aman Nath, chairman, neemrana hotels, spoke to amit dixit about the future of hospitality in the post-covid-19 world

10 Quick & Quiet Getaways

Short, sweet, and safe—here are 10 trips on team ot’s radar for when we start travelling again

The Future Of Travel (In The Post-Covid-19 Era)

Can travel & tourism have a net positive contribution to conservation, the environment and the community, asks Sonu Shivdasani

The New Normal

IN A POST-CORONAVIRUS WORLD, HOTELS WILL JUMPSTART INTO THE FUTURE. IMAGINE CHATBOTS, KEYLESS ROOMS AND INDULGENT WELLNESS RETREATS. ANSHIKA NAGAR REPORTS

Temple Run

SANTOSH OJHA RECALLS TEMPLE TRAILS IN MORENA, MADHYA PRADESH AND FINDS AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE ALIVE AND KICKING

TIGER By The Tail

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS HAD A HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TOURISM, INCLUDING WILDLIFE TOURISM. WHAT DOES THE TOURISM LOCKOUT HAVE IN STORE FOR OUR NATIONAL ANIMAL? JULIAN MATTHEWS WEIGHS IN

The Road Ahead

PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, UNION MINISTER OF STATE FOR CULTURE & TOURISM, IN CONVERSATION WITH AMIT DIXIT

The Next BIGTHINGS

AS THE DREADED CORONAVIRUS HITS THE TRAVEL ECONOMY HARD, ROSHNI SUBRAMANIAN REPORTS KEY TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL

Down, BUT NOT OUT

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET DOING. LABANYA MAITRA LISTS OUT OUTLOOK TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING THE LOCKDOWN

Screen Safari

FROM THE LAKES OF UDAIPUR TO THE FORESTS OF RANTHAMBHORE, RAJASTHAN WILL NOW BE WHEREVER YOU ARE, REPORTS LABANYA MAITRA

SPICE, SPICE, BABY

SPICE, SPICE, BABY

SWINGIN' SUNSETS

SAHANA IYER BOOGIES HER WAY THROUGH THE SAND DUNES, AND INTO THE WORLD OF JAZZ, AS THE DEBUT JODHPUR JAZZ SAFARI BREAKS IN A NEW KIND OF HOLI

SIGN OF THE TIMES

HELLO, DYSTOPIAN NEW WORLD. WITH THE CORONA PANDEMIC SHOWING NO SIGNS OF ABATING, WE MAY WELL BE SEEING THE END OF TRAVEL AS WE KNOW IT...WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ‘GOING VIRAL’ WOULD BECOME SO HORRIFYINGLY LITERAL?

God's Own Quarantine

LOCKDOWNS, QUARANTINES, CANCELLED FLIGHTS, SHUTTERED HOTELS—THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL INSIDE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. TOURISM HAS TAKEN A DIRECT HIT. JOSE DOMINIC, DIRECTOR AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CGH EARTH GROUP OF HOTELS, SPOKE TO RADHIKA P. NAIR ABOUT THE IMPACT ON TOURISM AND WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS

Island, I see, I concur

AWAY FROM CLICHÉD LUXURY AND MANICURED RESORT ISLANDS, MANEK S. KOHLI STUMBLES UPON THE REAL MALDIVES. THERE’S HISTORY, RUSTICITY, AND A LITTLE MYSTERY

AND QUIETLY FLOWS THE BETWA

FOR MANY, ORCHHA REMAINS FROZEN IN TIME, AND BEAUTIFULLY SO. NOW THE NAMASTE ORCHHA FESTIVAL IS INFUSING COLOUR, SONG AND DANCE INTO THE CITY

THE ONCE AND FUTURE CITY

DELHI HAS HAD MANY AVATARS THROUGH THE AGES. TRUE-BLUE DILLIWALA AMAN NATH REMINISCES ABOUT THE DELHI HE KNOWS BEST

IN MEMORIAM - Chef Floyd Cardoz(1960-2020)

RUPALI DEAN BIDS ADIEU TO AN INDIAN CHEF WHO, IN THE WORDS OF DAVID CHANG, WAS ‘BELOVED’ BUT ‘CRIMINALLY UNDERAPPRECIATED’ IN THE WESTERN CULINARY SPHERE

Bhutan Journal: Chant, Read, Sleep

‘With silence comes peace; with peace comes freedom’. Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi recounts halcyon days in dragon country