What to do, where to stay, and where to eat in India
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Whether your personal passage to India is for reasons of health, spirituality, culture, great shopping, or other, you'll find the latest articles from T+L, as well as maps, deals, and up-to-date recommendations for the best hotels and restaurants.
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India Features
- India’s Best Wildlife Safaris September, 2008
- Whether you prefer luxury tent camps or Himalayan home stays, India’s wildlife reigns supreme with elephants, tigers, and birds in flight.
- Bollywood Star Guide to Bombay June, 2008
- A huge film industry with super-rich celebrities. Trendy restaurants and swanky clubs. Welcome to the new Mumbai.
- Himalayan Beauty in Sikkim March, 2008
- In India’s far north— the core of her novel The Inheritance of Loss—Kiran Desai reflects on the beauty, violence, and spirituality of a misty Himalayan realm, where nature ultimately dwarfs all human concerns.
- The Temples of Tamil Nadu February, 2008
- A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.
- All-Inclusive Indian Fortress Retreat September, 2008
- From the ruins of a 242-year-old fortress on a sacred river in the town of Maheshwar, India, the remote 14-room Ahilya Fort is reimagined as a quiet, all-inclusive retreat.
- The Best Hotels in India 2008 January, 2008
- During the past few decades, many of India's most splendid palaces have been converted to hotels and now, the lavish quarters and exquisite service once enjoyed by Indian kings are being savored by visitors.
- Grandmother's Travel Memories December, 2007
- Knowing her grandmother only through photo albums, Patricia Morrisroe tries to retrace her mysterious world travels
The Fabric of India December, 2006- Resplendent, intricate, and varied, India’s textile tradition is a kaleidoscope of colors and cultures. Louise Levathes makes a pilgrimage across the country for the ultimate sari
- Boomtown Bangalore August, 2007
- In the heart of India’s Silicon Valley, Bruno Maddox finds a city transformed by globalization, dreaming of the future.
- Life After Work April, 2007
- Travel + Leisure’s editors pick 10 of the best trips you’ve never had time to take
- Women at Work November, 2007
- Traveling to Kenya and India, Shane Mitchell visits four collectives that are keeping handicraft traditions alive—and entire cultures thriving—while offering new opportunities to the women who belong to them
- Embark on a Spiritual Journey September, 2006
- At an ashram in the ancient Indian city of Benares, Gini Alhadeff finds that her rich new surroundings give rise to some disquieting meditations
- Jewel of India November, 2005
- Forget everything you think you know about India. This is Kochi, the southern coast's sybaritic
retreat. Tad Friend explores lush backwaters, dabbles in local cooking, and
expands his mind through the ayurvedic treatment sirodhara
India's Road to Riches October, 2004- For the most authentic antiques, exquisite handicrafts, and intricate jewelry in the subcontinent, set a course for these three tropical gold mines.
Passage to Pondy June, 2005- Pondicherry, a breezy oasis on India's Coromandel Coast, has the laid-back feel of a college town—one with an ashram, French colonial architecture, and a particularly benevolent elephant.
- See an Endangered Species September, 2006
- From Baja to Rwanda, here are four trips that take you to where the wild things still are.
- Reclaiming Kolkata January, 2004
- The former Calcutta is determined to shake its reputation as India's Black Hole. But as the city looks to the future, it must reckon—semantically, symbolically, architecturally— with its colonial history.
- T+L Reports: Bollywood Brunch November, 2006
- T+L Reports: In Good Hands October, 2006
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