Slippery slope

Gulmarg’s winter fest leaves a traveller cold. But one may discover the town on high with a new chairlift


A new bookmark

The Hay Festival comes to the bucolic Irish town of Carlow in Ireland


High on the Himalaya

The recent fifth Mussoorie Writers festival was a celebration of the great range in all its diversity


Top of the line

If you are riding to Leh, it’s best to travel via the new Leh road from Srinagar


Clean sweep

A lake in suburban Kolkata, at Santragachi, cleans up its act and averts a major avian disaster


Sea change

Phuket’s SuperStar Virgo is an adventurous floating resort with all the entertainment facilities you can think of