September 16, 2021
Simran and Cinderella
After passing a fitful night at an Indian train station, a traveler panics when she wakes up and realizes her train is already on the move. I ran as fast…
July 14, 2021
On the Taj Express
A mistake leads to adventure when a traveler in India misses her station, and strikes up spontaneous conversations with local commuters. The train’s window disappoints me intensely. It is a…
October 5, 2020
Remnants of the Raj
An Indian traveler attempts to come to terms with the complex legacy of British colonialism. Like every Indian, I too lament the many ills inflicted upon us by the British…
September 14, 2020
Delving into Delhi’s ‘Slum’
A traveler takes in the colors and energy of the Sanjay Colony outside New Delhi, forcing her to rethink her assumptions of what it means to live in a "slum."…
June 16, 2020
Beyond Bollywood
A filmmaker travels to Mumbai and discovers the reality behind some of Bollywood's most emotional movies. Once we landed in Mumbai and descended the plane, we were greeted by…
April 22, 2020
The Land of High Passes
Dangerous weather on India's highest plateau forces a traveler to choose between safety and adventure. I gave up telling people my plans to go to Ladakh because the responses were…
January 18, 2020
Assault on the Senses
A writer attempts to describe the intensity of India while avoiding the ultimate cliché. When the journalist Christopher Hitchens went to Prague during the final years of communism, he made…
November 11, 2019
Street Dancing with Shiva
In an ancient city in southern India, a traveler observes a local religious festival and unexpectedly ends up in the middle of the action. In the ancient Sri Meenakshi Amman…
August 12, 2019
The Boy on the Train to Goa
On a long voyage across India, an Australian woman meets a local boy and soon discovers how vastly different their two worlds are. A sleeper carriage on an Indian train…
March 11, 2019
The God of Snakes – Scaling The Himalayan peak of Nag Tibba
I was walking. I kept walking through the rocky trail as my body could feel the weight of every step I took. The sun shone bright, but the air was…
