People & Culture

Where we came from and where we are going

For Bengalis who left their home in Bangladesh, a new tour can take them to their desher bari

This Kolkata-based company offers research and bespoke tours to help people discover their roots on the other side of Bengal’s border

By Diya Kohli

Reflections

For writer and translator Sara Rai, Banaras has her heart and is everywhere all at once. On a trip to Palermo, she wraps her way around the two cities in one breathless sentence

By Sara Rai

An earthy retreat in Sohra stands as a contemporary homage to a traditional Khasi home

Inspired by the rugged landscape of the land and rich traditions of the Khasi community, an expat couple build their dream holiday home, where natural beauty and cultural heritage collide

By Ela Das

Homo momos in Kathmandu: this travel company offers tours off the straight road

From LGBTQ- friendly guides and queer honeymoon packages to a rainbow-coloured momo-making workshop, Queermandu focuses on diversity and inclusivity with a side of humour

By Sandip Roy

‘For a guy in a wheelchair, I have a perverse attraction to villages built into cliff faces’

Travelling in a wheelchair, this author makes the most of a chance solo parenting trip

By Jarred McGinnis

What it’s like to go to Europe’s highest disco

Following successful dance-fuelled expeditions to Iceland and Scotland, this unique party company kick things up a notch into the Swiss Alps

By Lucy Bruton

Ask a Local: Ines Katamso on her favourite Yogyakarta hideouts

The French multimedia artist shares her top spots in the Javanese city of her birth

By Noo Saro-Wiwa

The long Spanish goodbye

On a long trip through Spain, Sophie Yun Mancini bids a tender goodbye to an old love

By Sophie Yun Mancini

‘I didn’t want to just be a designer. I wanted my craft to communicate with the LGBTQIA+ community’

Delhi-based designer Mayyur Girotra is back at NYC Pride 2024, with a collection that inspires inclusivity

By Shradha Shahani

Flight Mode: what to read, watch and listen to if you're heading to Argentina

A recipe for in-flight immersion into the culture

By Julian Manning

Where is ‘Bridgerton’ filmed?

From grand houses in the English countryside to Georgian properties in the capital, these are the real-life filming locations used in the making of Bridgerton

By James Medd

Inside Shabnam Gupta’s bucolic farmhouse in Karjat

The interior designer’s weekend home near Mumbai is built around nostalgia and nature

By Ela Das

Chronic arthritis didn’t stop this 36-year-old man from a 100-day kayaking expedition on the Ganga

Manali-based Rency Thomas on how and why he undertook a 100% human-powered expedition from Gaumukh in Uttarakhand to Ganga Sagar in the Bay of Bengal with a rare form of arthritis

By Arundhati Ail