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Cyprus sees spike in dark tourism as ‘urban explorers’ drawn to its haunted past
Explorers are flocking to “lost places”, from Cold War bunkers to forgotten cinemas, factories, and concert halls that appear frozen in time.
AFP
Photo Essay
Click, click, hoot, hoot: How one man photographed all species of owls in India
The Indian subcontinent is home to about 38 species of owls. One fine day, Dhiraj Singh set out to click them all. Here’s what happened.
Dhiraj Singh
Diary
From Uttarakhand, a mouthful of mountain love
Kumaoni and Garhwali flavours, not to mention Tibetan, string Uttarakhand together in a cuisine that tastes of home.
Shikha Tripathi
Diary
Linxia: A “Little Mecca” in China
A chance encounter with luminous mosques and minarets while driving through the heart of China, where religious symbols are usually understated.
Shruti Bajpai
Diary
Happily unhurried in Bhutan
How the country encourages you to embrace imperfection with a Zen-like fortitude.
Eshwar Sundaresan
Travel
Bali: Eternity and the everyday
To visit Bali is to slide into an alternate reality where myths coexist with modern supermarkets, and the past and present coalesce harmoniously.
P. Krishna Gopinath
Diary
Alone with silence in Kökar
The first sight of Kökar, a remote island in the Baltic Sea confirms everything I had dreamt of, giving the landscape an almost hallucinatory quality.
Jaideep Unudurti
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The emerald lands of Kodagu
Footloose in Kodagu, where the mercury still hovers around 20° Celsius.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
Kumaon: Frozen in Time
Just as there is no free lunch, there is no journey without its hiccups.
Shikha Tripathi
Ancient bonds: Joining the Kailash-Mansarovar yatra
The crowning moment was when Tibetan pilgrims broke into age-old nyelu songs proclaiming the fraternity of all travellers on this sacred route.
Abhimanyu Pandey
Namibia: Windmills for Windhoek
On Vincent, an immigrant artist residing in the Namibian capital of Windhoek.
Thommen Jose
Mauritius: More than a tourist destination
Power games and a nation of small islands.
R.K. Radhakrishnan
Bhutan: Land of the flaming phallus
In Bhutan, all things are considered sentient beings.
Chaitali Patel
Singapore: A unique balance
While development and order are a priority, culturally it is inextricably rooted in the past.
P. Krishna Gopinath
KLF: It happens only in Kerala
On the staggering diversity of the Kerala Literature Festival.
Abhirami Girija Sriram
The bluebird tree of Sikkim
Having seen countless photographs of the grandala tree, it was foremost in my mind when I set out.
Subash Jeyan
When in Ethiopia, smell the coffee
The Ethiopian tradition of drinking coffee makes friends of strangers.
Thommen Jose
Enigma of arrival in Kashmir
Returning to Srinagar in the fall.
Amit Dixit
Didi of Tawang
Arunachal’s Tawang is not quite tourist-ready in the way many of us expect. That’s part of its charm.
SANDIP ROY
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