
What’s the best thing about treasures? Undoubtedly, finding one of your own. And with Easter Sunday coming up, Tunali Mukherjee sends you on a treasure hunt of a different sort. (Hint: You’ll need to pack your sense of adventure and Indy’s tool-purse, along with your passport for this one!) Hunt For Flying Treasures Where: Burma [...]
March 25, 2013 / 1 Comment / Read More

You could be forgiven for comparing Milan with one of its fashion models—great bones (period art combined with postmodern architecture) and hardly any substance. You would be wrong. This stylish city has a soul, and if you plan carefully, you can discover it in a weekend. The secret is to book as much as possible [...]
October 4, 2012 / 6 Comments / Read More

Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night wouldn’t have existed, nor Monet’s wonderful impressions of lush meadows in bloom, if it weren’t for their inspiration—nature. Hena Das takes stock of some of the most interesting art created by nature. Did the chicken come before the egg? Is there life in space? Do ships and airplanes really disappear [...]
March 26, 2012 / No Comment / Read More

Beach holiday? Been there, done that. Shopping holiday? Terribly passé! Medical tourism? Hah, not me! So what were travel-revolutionaries doing in 2011? Leaving smoking hot trails through the travel industry, is what! Diana Kotwal gives a recap of what was hot, where it was hot and why 2012 is still not too late to get [...]
December 19, 2011 / No Comment / Read More

Discover history’s lost and found. Join Jonathan Dias as he globe trots around the planet in search of civilisations that were once lost in oblivion, but fortunately rediscovered and named UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Some remarkably intact, others brought down by invaders or whisked away by the forces of nature, each of these cities and [...]
December 16, 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More

Numerous legends exist about stalactites and stalagmites, the fascinating results of water dripping and deposits collecting over years. Hena Das talks about some famous, some not-so-famous sites and the stories behind them. “Mites go up and the Tights (tites) come down” and “Stalagmites with a ‘g’ grow from the ground, while stalactites with a ‘c’ [...]
December 15, 2011 / No Comment / Read More