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A Slow Weekend in Udaipur

Udaipur, Rajasthan

Published 8 Sept 2026

Two lakes, one enormous palace and a city that punishes rushing — a 48-hour plan built around sunsets, courtyards and a very long lunch.

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Art Deco and Gothic Mumbai, on Foot

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Published 7 Sept 2026

One maidan with Victorian Gothic on one side and 1930s Art Deco on the other — a UNESCO-listed walk through the two Bombays, in about three hours.

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Photographing Udaipur: Lakes and Palaces

Udaipur, Rajasthan

Published 4 Sept 2026

Where to stand for the City Palace reflection, which ghat gets the blue hour, and the sunrise hills above Lake Pichola. A photographer's route through Udaipur.

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Shopping in Jaipur: Block Print, Gems and Bazaars

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Published 1 Sept 2026

Sanganer versus Bagru printing, why blue pottery has no clay in it, and the gemstone rules that keep visitors out of trouble in Johari Bazaar.

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Eating in Varanasi: From Kachori to Malaiyo

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Published 28 Aug 2026

Morning kachori-sabzi, tomato chaat found nowhere else, clay-cup lassi and a winter-only milk foam set by dew. How to eat your way through Banaras.

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Eating Mumbai, Street by Street

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Published 25 Aug 2026

Vada pav at a bus stop, berry pulao in an Irani café, dosa in Matunga and Koli seafood near the docks — a day of eating organised by neighbourhood.

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Three Forts of Jaipur in One Day

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Published 25 Aug 2026

Amber, Jaigarh and Nahargarh sit on one ridge and share one ticket. Here is the order to do them in, the timings that matter, and where lunch fits.

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Quiet Goa, Away From the Crowds

Goa

Published 22 Aug 2026

South Goa's turtle beaches, the island villages reached by free ferry, and the stretches of coast where nobody has built a nightclub yet.

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Delhi Markets Worth the Trip

Delhi

Published 19 Aug 2026

Spices in Khari Baoli, silver in Dariba Kalan, export surplus in Sarojini Nagar. Which of Delhi's markets sells what, and what each one costs you in time.

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The Two Kitchens of Goa

Goa

Published 14 Aug 2026

Vindaloo is not a heat rating and xacuti is not curry powder. A guide to Goa's two distinct kitchens, the dishes worth ordering, and where to find them.

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Old Delhi and New Delhi in Two Days

Delhi

Published 11 Aug 2026

Old Delhi and Lutyens' Delhi are two different cities with one name. A first-timer's two-day plan that treats them that way, and uses the metro between.

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Your First 48 Hours in Mumbai

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Published 8 Aug 2026

Two days that make sense of a city of twenty million: the island fort, the ferry to Elephanta, the local trains, and the hour Marine Drive turns gold.

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Three Days in Jaipur

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Published 4 Aug 2026

A first-timer's three-day plan for the Pink City — the walled town on foot, the forts before the heat, and where to sit down when it wins anyway.

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Goa Beyond the Beaches

Goa

Published 21 Jul 2026

Ferries, spice farms, Portuguese churches and a Latin Quarter you can walk in an hour — the Goa that starts about fifteen minutes inland.

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Sunrise on the Varanasi Ghats

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Published 30 Jun 2026

How to do the dawn boat properly, what to do with the rest of the day, and how to behave at the two ghats where people are being cremated.