Tag: travel
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Not Just a Walk in the Park
Long roadtrips are great – we love those so much. We often dream of saddling up on a BMW R1250GS and riding off into the sunset. Or, for the times we crave air-conditioned comfort and when a motorcycle just won’t do, we think of the Mahindra Thar, which has a rugged charm that’s all its…
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Travels in Africa: The 7 Books to Read
Once known as the dark continent and still seen as a ‘difficult’ place by some, Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, with 20% of the Earth’s land area and a population of more than 1.4 billion people. Half a dozen European countries plundered, raped and mercilessly looted Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries and…
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The Best Books on Bicycle Travel (Part II)
In Part I of this story, we spoke about some of the best books on bicycle travel. There was Rob Lilwall, who cycled home from Siberia, Dervla Murphy, who cycled all the way from Ireland to India and Mark Beaumont, who cycled around the world and then, in a separate trip, across the Americas. There…
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The Best Books On Bicycle Travel (Part I)
Who among us has not, at some point or the other, thought of chucking it all in and taking off on a long road trip, unchained from the tedious, mundane callings of work and office. No ringing telephones, no social media feeds, no app notifications, no official meetings – none of the garbage that clutters…
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On Track: Best Books On Rail Travel
If the idea is only to get from A to B as quickly and efficiently as possible, flights are hard to beat. But for those who are not in a tearing hurry to get to wherever they are going, trains have a certain charm that air travel can’t match. Rail travel – especially long-distance rail…
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Cityscapes: Memorable Books on Indian Cities (Part II)
In Cityscapes Part I, we listed our favourite books on Allahabad, Banaras and Bombay. Here, in the second part, we talk about books on Calcutta, Lucknow, Ludhiana and Madras. CALCUTTA Longing Belonging: An Outsider at Home in Calcutta, by Bishwanath Ghosh‘Calcutta was no longer an old piece of furniture in the attic. It was an…
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