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Kashmir: The changing face of Gurez Valley

This once-pristine valley near the LoC has been marred by tourism.
Adil Abass
TOURISM IMPACT

Unregulated tourism takes toll on Kashmir’s fragile ecosystem

Without action to implement sustainable tourism practices, experts fear Kashmir’s natural beauty could crumble under the weight of its own popularity.
Irfan Amin Malik
Darjeeling Train Crash

Three major rail accidents in three years: What is the government doing?

Despite repeated train accidents, implementation of safety measures remains slow and inadequate.
Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay
TRAVEL

Beyond borders: Unhoming in Lahore’s magical world

Reimagine Pakistan and embark on a transformative journey. Lahore awaits with its flavours, history, and friendships that transcend borders.
Panchali Ray

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An Indian might not think of a café as special, given the ubiquitousness of coffee shops in our country, but in Bhutan, it is rare.

Mountain Cafe: Bhutan’s first coffee roaster

When Karma Chime started Mountain Cafe & Roastery in Paro, in 2016, coffee shops were unheard of in the Himalayan kingdom.
Chaitali Patel
Gurez’s native population is merely 37,992, as per the 2011 census.

Frontline On Air | Gurez Valley: Kashmir’s pristine land braces itself for a tourism surge

As more and more tourists troop in, the remote valley is poised for a cultural and commercial transformation.
Lakshmi Sankaran
A great tit eats peanuts from a street food vendor’s spread on the Udhagamandalam-Kotagiri road.

Kotagiri: Beyond Ooty’s shadow, a Nilgiri gem awaits

The majestic mountains stand as a reminder of the importance of living in harmony with nature.
V. Gopinath
Gurez’s native population is merely 37,992, as per the 2011 census.

Gurez Valley: Kashmir’s pristine land braces itself for a tourism surge

As more and more tourists troop in, the remote valley is poised for a cultural and commercial transformation.
Lakshmi Sankaran
Cypriot researcher and urbex enthusiast Christos Zoumides walks at an abandoned amusement park in Nicosia on July 13, 2023. Urbex falls within the umbrella of “dark tourism,” a controversial form of tourism where enthusiasts visit places linked to disasters, tragedies, or wars.

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
A barn owl in Gurgaon

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
A Garhwali thali at Barefoot Bungalow.

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
A mosque in Linxia with nationalistic banners and red national flags. 

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
A scene from the Spring Festival in Paro

Happily unhurried in Bhutan

How the country encourages you to embrace imperfection with a Zen-like fortitude.
Eshwar Sundaresan
The Pura Bratan temple at Lake Beratan, dedicated to the Goddess Dew Danu.

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
Many mainlanders maintain holiday homes here, and the island wakes up to life in summer.

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
Coffee is one of the mainstays of the local economy.

The emerald lands of Kodagu

Footloose in Kodagu, where the mercury still hovers around 20° Celsius.
Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta
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