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No destination divides travelers like India. Some people return home calling it the greatest trip of their lives and others swear never to return. The difference is almost never luck, rather it's preparation and expectation management. Here's the hon...
Most people could not find Bihar on a map. This is a significant oversight in world cultural geography, because Bihar is where some of the most important events in Asian and world history took place — and where the physical traces of those events can...
Goa has been India's designated escape hatch for decades. British package tourists in the 1980s and 90s. Israeli backpackers on their post-army trip. Russian charter flights in the 2000s and 2010s. Domestic Indian tourists who've discovered it more...
Indian food is among the world's most complex, regional, and deeply spiced cuisines. In the United States, it's also one of the most unevenly distributed. Depending on where you live, "Indian food" might mean an extraordinary 40-item menu drawing fro...
Singapore's population of 5.9 million includes Chinese (74%), Malay (13%), Indian (9%), and Eurasian and other communities (4%). These are not statistics about a melting pot where differences dissolve — they describe a genuinely plural society wh...
You already have an image of Mauritius in your head: pristine beaches, turquoise lagoon, luxury resorts. That image is accurate. What most people miss is everything else — the volcanic interior, the deep cultural hybridity, the food, the history,...
Did you know the rainiest inhabited spot on the planet is an Indian village that gets near…
Mawsynram, MeghalayaDid you know the Taj Mahal seems to change color through the day? Its white marble takes o…
Taj Mahal, AgraDid you know the Maldives is the lowest, flattest country in the world - averaging only ab…
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