Life in the by-lanes of Bhuleshwar
An architectural and social history of Bhuleshwar, a traditional neighbourhood of south Mumbai
Travelling with Tansy
Earnestly observed details are the saving grace of Emily Barr’s India-centric travelogue with a banal plot
Nine Lives Recounted
William Dalrymple follows the narrative style of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in his book of short stories covering the religious trends in India
Travel for travel’s sake
Scottish author R L Stevenson walked through the mountains of Central France – together with a donkey to carry his baggage – way back in 1876
The Silk Road
The book is an Indian perspective on the Silk Road, a popular trade route that also enabled cultural exchanges between India and China
The earliest attempts to conquer Mt Everest
Author Wade Davis describes how the Mt. Everest served as a pinnacle of hope to a generation of British young men who survived the World War 1
An airport diary
Displacement, relationships, travel and identity… Alain De Botton’s interpretations of people frequenting the Heathrow airport
Tracking Marco Polo through China
Historian and travel writer John Man takes us to Xanadu in Inner Mongolia, following in the steps of Marco Polo, one of the greatest travellers
Small towns that dot the rail route
What if you were to get off your train and explore the towns that lie along the Indian Railways route?
What it means to be a Baul
A memoir by Mimlu Sen, whose restlessness took her to Paris, where she discovered Paban Das Baul of Bengal and finally married him.
On a quest, from Venice to Varanasi
From the materialism of Venice to finding ‘moksha’ in Varanasi, the quest to find yourself can be tricky indeed
Back and forth in time
Author M.G. Vassanji recalls his journeys through his ethnic homeland – India