In India, the lavish decoration of everyday objects is a national obsession. Making the mundane magnificent is an expression of joy and an antidote to…
Fondly referred to as the city of dreams, India’s financial centre is a buzzing metropolis, a place of night-time illuminations, towering skyscrapers,…
Mumbai is a dizzying, dazzling metropolis, a city that never tires and never sleeps. If you’ve ever wondered what keeps this Indian megacity going, you’ll…
Picture the scene: tropical sunshine, swaying palm trees, lapping waves. And row after row of elegantly geometric Art Deco apartments. It would be easy to…
Lonely Planet Local Deepika Gumaste was born in Mumbai and has lived in the city for nearly 30 years. Deepika’s work as a travel writer has taken her far…
Amidst the swirl and chaos of Mumbai’s slums, high rise towers and buzzing bazaars, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. But as you delve deeper into Mumbai,…
Holy is not a word usually used to describe Mumbai. With its slums, Bollywood divas, millionaires and mafia, and its extremes of poverty and decadence,…
Visitors to Mumbai think it’s all about the spices, and when it comes to the city's delicious cuisine, they might be right. India's economic capital draws…
Unknown to many travellers, South Asia has a whole genre – a large one – of food known as mithai, which literally translates as 'sweets'. Some of them…
At rush hour in Mumbai, the ladies’ car of the city’s Western Line train is stuffed with working ladies in smart salwar kameez sets, tribal women with…