Sleeping beauty

Shenbaga Vilaasam celebrates Pollachi’s rural bounties with a rare grace. It is delightfully reluctant to be a hotel


48 hours in Doha

Make your acquaintance with the glossy capital of ambitious Qatar – and its plans for air-cooled pavements for the 2022 FIFA World Cup


Game theory

Go to Spain for the football — especially when the footfalls are low


Six nights, seven days

Visit Karnataka for its spectacular attractions like Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hills and Srirangapatna


Southern earth

New Zealand has great food, a native culture and millions of sheep. And it is beautiful beyond clichéd


Island in the sun

No luxury resorts, no posh restaurants, virtually no visitors. Little Andaman is a beautiful, quiet, secret corner of the world