Jan 27, 2011 • 4 min read
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 (starts 19 February) is coming and there’s never been a better time to visit India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Not for…
Dec 14, 2010 • 1 min read
In this extract from Lonely Planet Magazine, Lindsay Brown (author of Lonely Planet's Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra guide) shares some vital etiquette tips for…
Nov 19, 2010 • 5 min read
Two years ago I saw a tiger in the wild for the first time, in Bandavgarh National Park. It still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end just…
Nov 11, 2010 • 4 min read
Markets are often the lifeblood of Indian communities, but in remote Chhattisgarh, where tribes people only recently adopted money for use as exchange,…
Nov 1, 2010 • 3 min read
Some things in Bhopal are difficult to miss; like Upper Lake, the largest manmade lake in India, which dominates the landscape here, or Taj-ul Masjid, the…
Sep 21, 2010 • 4 min read
A week or two spent revelling in the languid luxury of Goa’s sunny sosegado, or susegad, two Portuguese colonial-era terms roughly translated as ‘laid…
Sep 20, 2010 • 4 min read
If you have ever balked at the notion of a long Indian road trip with small children – but nevertheless longed to get back to the good old days of the…
Sep 9, 2010 • 2 min read
Most people would think to avoid travelling during monsoon season, but there are some unexpected advantages to travelling in Kerala at that time. Lonely…
Aug 19, 2010 • 2 min read
When in India during monsoon season, there’s almost nothing to beat a hot rum toddy to warm the very depths of your body and spirit when it’s pouring…
Jul 22, 2010 • 3 min read
You’re bored of boardroom sandwich platters, instant coffee, and water from crushable plastic cups. So forego the usual lunchtime doldrums on your next…
Jul 22, 2010 • 6 min read
Rajasthan, the Land of Kings, is aptly named. It is indeed a fabulous realm of maharajas and their majestic forts and lavish palaces. The remnants of a…
Jul 15, 2010 • 3 min read
It’s Mumbai in July, and the air is so thick that even the ever-diligent auto rickshaw drivers are disinclined to get up from their divans and deliver you…
Jul 13, 2010 • 3 min read
Mumbai is big. It’s full of dreamers and hard-labourers, actors and gangsters, stray dogs and exotic birds, artists and servants and fisherfolk and…
Sep 24, 2009 • 1 min read
Divali, the Festival of the Lights, is one of the happiest, brightest spots on the Indian calendar, full of marigolds and sweets and fireworks. Having…